FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

Sun May 1 19:57:07 UTC 2005

On May 2, 2005, at 2:34 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> How about an anycast address implement(ed|able) by every network
> provider that would return a zipcode?

That would be fine in the US, and with some extension in Canada and a 
few other countries.

No, I think the service would have to be built using some real 
definition of location (such as GPS) which is offered by the phone to 
the called party on user command, and the called party then refers that 
to some clearinghouse that gets it to the right emergency service 
office.