[opendtv] Re: FCC on VoIP
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:48:21 -0700
You can take whatever risks you desire, and you cannot predict the future. I
can say that when one has flexibility, one tends to use it. Note how more
useful flexible cell phones are versus wired phones.
With telco, every time there is a move, THE FIRST STEP is to put the new
site into the E911 database. FCC fines have enforced this provision.
Nothing like that exists on the VOIP front. Today.
Also, note the time, cost and expense that the FCC engaged in, and forced
the cell phone companies to endure, to provide location for cell phones.
One company -- NEXTEL -- adopted GPS in phones, and now offers services
based on that functionality. Unlike, say, Verizon, which triangulates
position.
John Willkie
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[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip Hodgetts
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:23 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: FCC on VoIP
>That would tend to slow down emergency response to the point where someone
>might die. Sorry, Vonage, but phones are not just for chatting: sometimes
>it's life or death.
So are cell phones, and Vonage is more reliable. On the rare time
you *might* move it from location to location you would need to
change the 911 response address. On the rare time you *might* move.
That would be equivalent to moving your primary phone from address to
address.
I'm much happier to take the risk with Vonage than with the cell phone.
--
Philip Hodgetts
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