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SNT
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join:2002-07-17
Satellite Beach, FL

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reply to Morac

Re: Location, location, location

My 18 month old son was playing with my phone and somehow dialed 911 and hung up.
Less than 5 minutes later there was a deputy at my door responding to the 911 call. There is no way that my 18 month old could have relayed the address to the operator. The deputy said that they will investigate even if all you do is dial 911 then hang up. So it appears the the location is indeed somehow transmitted.

Forgot to mention that I use Vonage and have since 2003.

-SNT

thranx

join:2007-11-09

That's because vonage is a responsable company and includes your location based info in the call that's made based either on your bill or the information that's provided.

I think the bill was more to hold all voip providers to the same standard, and to make sure that there is the legal backbone to require it. Prior to the bill Vonage wouldn't be required to get all their ducks in a row for the 911 service they provide. They do it now, but they were not required to do so. It was merely a feature.


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