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 bencPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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| How Would This Work? Unlike POTS, one can take their ATA and phone to another location.
Let's be hypothetical:
1) John Q. Public lives in Madison, CT. He decides to vacation in Orlando, FL. He also has a VOIP line.
2) In Florida, his hotel has broadband Internet access. Because of this, he decides that he will bring an ATA and a phone with him.
3) John has a very young son. His son, by accident, breaks the hotel room phone. Fortunately, his VOIP ATA and phone is still intact.
4) The s**t hits the fan. His son fell off the hotel room balcony, and now his son is in critical condition. It happened at 3AM so no one else was awake to notice. Just John. John uses his VOIP ATA and phone to call 911.
What happens here? Is it:
A) He's connected to the dispatcher for Madison, CT. An ambulance goes to his home, the paramedics run out back, and notice that at his home his son didn't fall off the balcony? (Because his son fell off the hotel balcony).
Or is it:
B) He's connected to the Orlando dispatcher. They send an ambulance to John's hotel, and his son lives.
Now let's suppose something almost completely different.
Next year, John decides he doesn't want to vacation in Orlando. He decides that he wants to vacation in Budapest. Again, his hotel there has broadband Internet access.
He decides to bring along his VOIP ATA and a phone.
What would happen then if he called 911 from the VOIP phone while he's in Budapest? | |
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1 edit | Re: How Would This Work? said by benc:Next year, John decides he doesn't want to vacation in Orlando. He decides that he wants to vacation in Budapest. Again, his hotel there has broadband Internet access. He decides to bring along his VOIP ATA and a phone. What would happen then if he called 911 from the VOIP phone while he's in Budapest? I don't know what will happen but you certainly won't get an emergency operator in Budapest as their emergency number is (for an english speaking operator) 311 1666.
If you are traveling, use a LOCAL phone for emergencies not your TA. | |
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| Re: How Would This Work? said by jmallory:said by benc:Next year, John decides he doesn't want to vacation in Orlando. He decides that he wants to vacation in Budapest. Again, his hotel there has broadband Internet access. He decides to bring along his VOIP ATA and a phone. What would happen then if he called 911 from the VOIP phone while he's in Budapest? I don't know what will happen but you certainly won't get an emergency operator in Budapest as their emergency number is (for an english speaking operator) 311 1666. Wow. An English speaking operator? Here in the States you aren't going to get a non-English speaking operator.
Is the number for the Hungarian operator just as long? I sure hope the typical Hungarian has speed dial if that's the case.
said by jmallory:If you are traveling, use a LOCAL phone for emergencies not your TA. I agree.
The legacy attitude and belief is that a phone is a phone, and that 911 will work. But, VOIP is a different animal, where that might not be the case.
Does the average Joe know this? | |
| | | | | Re: How Would This Work? FYI, the Hungarian native-language emergency number is 102 I believe. | |
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| Re: How Would This Work? said by jmallory:FYI, the Hungarian native-language emergency number is 102 I believe. That's good. I thought it's ridiculous if one has to dial or punch in a full length number in the case of an emergency. | |
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| | I would guess that his father would be smart enough to pick up the hotel phone in his room and call 911.
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I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. | |
|  jester121Premium
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Lake Zurich, IL | Wow, that's a lot of typing.
John's first clue that something's wrong is when the 911 operator confirms the location, and mentions Connecticut. | |
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