VoIP vs POTS (was Re: Operation Ghost Click)

Thu May 3 18:37:37 UTC 2012

Sean, do you know anyone who has successfully used either to place a
call?  

I think the weak spot is when the tower overloads nobody can dial
anything, including the bypass..

Ralph Brandt
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Harlow [mailto:sean at seanharlow.info] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:36 PM
To: Mike Hale
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: VoIP vs POTS (was Re: Operation Ghost Click)

On May 3, 2012, at 12:26, Mike Hale wrote:

> Don't cell companies already provide over-ride codes to various
> federal agencies to obtain emergency priority access to cell service?

That would be the Nationwide Wireless Priority Service.  Authorized
users can dial *272<destination> to get priority on supported wireless
networks.  If the landline networks are also backed up, they can make
the call to (710) NCS-GETS which is the gateway number for the
Government Emergency Telecommunications System which provides the same
priority on POTS lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Wireless_Priority_Service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Emergency_Telecommunications_Ser
vice
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Sean Harlow
sean at seanharlow.info