| Kurt Ullman 2005-05-22, 8:52 am |
| In article <d6on08$29a$1@xuxa.iecc.com>, johnl@iecc.com (John R.
Levine) wrote:
>
>I think that if I were the hotel, I would put a sticker on the real
>phone next to the Ethernet jack saying "in case of emergency, dial 911
>on this phone."
>
>The goal here is to provide working 911 to people who need it. I have
>never seen a hotel room with an ethernet jack but no phone, and I
>doubt that anyone else has, either.
>
And it would also seem MUCH quicker in an emergency to use the
land line. I would also be willing to bet that there is a "regular"
land line (if not a few cell phones) in most of the Internet cafes.
the VoIP 911 problem would be mainly in home and (and possibly
businesses).
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