Re: CNet VoiP-911 news

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

"CHRIS PEABODY" 
<>
 writes:

> Sent from Wendy Wiggens at Educause.
>
> I am a bit suspicous of this, but curious.  It won't work for
> wireless users (laptops at coffeeshops) - and I don't think it will
> work for enterprise users - but like most people, I love the simple
> solutions if they really work.  We'll see.

I'd have to agree that this seems like a silly (and very incomplete)
"solution".  

>
> Also, I'm an ex technician and cable splicer - I was unaware of the
> fact that teleco's were required to keep continuity on their unused
> lines in case someone wanted to dial 911 on one.
>

That's news to me too.  Even if true, if it were to become widespread
practice, I'm sure that the ILECs would be more aggressive about
removing unused lines from non-subscribers altogether.

-- ben