Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

["Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow () mci com>]

On Sun, 1 May 2005, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 04:37:40PM +0000, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 May 2005, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > > How about an anycast address implement(ed|able) by every network
> > > provider that would return a zipcode?
> > >
> > > $ telnet 10.255.255.254
> > > Connected
> > > 33709
> > > Disconnected.
> >
> > is there a unique zipcode in shanghai?
>
> s/zipcode/unique geographic identifier on the rough order of a square mile/

so, how does this work when you dial into the internet in (or use your
DSL) in newark and the termination point for L3 is in Philadelphia? That
seems like more than 1sq mile...