When the house in on fire at 02:00 I'll try to remember to call 911 on
the cell phone.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> Dr Flash wrote:
>> Nor am I a 911 communications center.
>
>
> Oh, so true. However, in an emergency you are trying to communicate with
> one. It doesn't matter which end is VoIP (or in this specific case, Voice
> over the Internet). Of course, to make matters worse, almost half of all
> Vonage and Skype users don't properly register their physical addresses, so
> when the emergency call comes in, the 911 center has no idea where you are
> calling from. This continues to be a HUGE problem inspite of the hoops V/S
> put you through. And even then there is absolutely no guarantee the address
> is entered correctly. Here in Iowa (different phone company, fortunately),
> we had an emergency call where the 911 address showed up incorrectly and was
> almost a mile off. The person died. One reason why when you call 911 to
> give your location immediately.
>
> AG
>
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