Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:28:32 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISDN4BSD removal Message-ID: <44hbgwcze7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <201010081313.03116.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> (Steven Friedrich's message of "Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:13:02 -0400") References: <201009011653.o81Grkm4056064@fire.js.berklix.net> <20101008181213.c9511a15.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4CAF4550.90607@FreeBSD.org> <201010081313.03116.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
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Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> writes: > On Friday 08 October 2010 12:22:40 pm Dimitry Andric wrote: >> On 2010-10-08 18:12, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >> > Another thing about VoIP calls: have they solved the "emergency call >> > needs a location" problem? Here (again: in Norway) they are still >> > working out how to solve this: if you call emergency services (police, >> > fire department, etc.) from yout VoIP number; how do the emergency >> > center locate you? >> >> Ehm, you tell them? You have them on the phone. :) > > Um, could be a kid that dialed the phone, or someone may have lost > consciousness. > > How can this still be a problem? Congres mandated that all phones have GPS, > didn't they? No. Not even cell phones have to have GPS. For Internet-based telephony, the regulatory requirement involves customer cooperation, not technology.
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