FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

Mon May 2 02:34:58 UTC 2005

On Sun, 1 May 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:

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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Chris Boyd
> > On May 1, 2005, at 11:53 AM, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> >
> > > so, how does this work when you dial into the internet in
> > (or use your
> > > DSL) in newark and the termination point for L3 is in Philadelphia?
> > > That
> > > seems like more than 1sq mile...
> > >
> >
> > In the dial up case, you could/should know the originating number, so
> > location can be determined from that.
>
> Right, this is standard CNAM/LIDB behavoir.

eh, for some reason in some regions we don't get this info. I do have to
check on newer installations I believe we started to require it after some
notable problems without it :(