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FCC to Push VoIP 911 Requirements

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-can-only-work-badly dept.

maotx writes "Originaly declared a regulation free area, VoIP is going under a new look. With complaints against it, the FCC has decided to move forward with its original plan to require VoIP providers to provide 911 support. This brings up interesting questions on how they're going to know where in the world your VoIP enabled laptop is when you call 911."

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  1. Follow the ping packets! by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Funny
    This brings up interesting questions on how they're going to know where in the world your VoIP enabled laptop is when you call 911.

    Traceroute? :p

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    1. Re:Follow the ping packets! by http101 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Traceroute is all fine and dandy until your run smack-hard into a firewall......or three.

      "Chances are, you're behind a firewall or proxy, or clicked the Back button to accidentally redial 911. Please try again. If the problem persists, and all other options have been tried, contact the FCC."
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    2. Re:Follow the ping packets! by tont0r · · Score: 4, Funny

      besides, if someone is an emergancy, who is gonna bother booting up their laptop to make a 911 call? "oh man! you are in so much trouble.. once my laptop boots up."

  2. Re:Ease by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember the credit card ad that said, "Don't leave home without it"?

    Well, the VoIP people can simply resuse that, ammended to "Don't leave home."

    KFG

  3. Re:Revenge of the Bells by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 3, Funny
    No, this looks like a rule that says, "If you're going to act like a phone company, and provide 'phone services', you have to provide similar emergency services as a phone company."

    If it walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, it damn well better taste like a duck.

  4. Since I'm a dual citizen by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1, Funny

    of Canada and the US, I'm going to buy a privacy-enabled laptop in Canada that registers it's VoIP 911 location as at the North Pole.

    And since I'll buy it in Canada, that's a legitimate location, no matter what the USA says. My Privacy Rights under the Electronic Privacy Act override Big Brother (TM).

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  5. Re:"Anonymous" Users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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    Your welcome.