XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular   
   From: dave@davehigton.me.uk   
      
   In message    
             "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
      
   >On 2016-09-28 15:17, Dave Higton wrote:   
   >> In message <228rbd-moa.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>   
   >>           "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2016-09-26 20:17, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>>> Jeff Liebermann  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:24:40 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> IIRC, VoIp doesn't support emergency calls.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Let me assure you that it does.  However, it's not exactly in any of   
   >>>>> the maze of acronyms and protocols used by VoIP.  E911 is a service   
   >>>>> provided by the VoIP service provider.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Please note that Carlos talks about "emergency calls", while you talk   
   >>>> about (E)911. 911 is a US (only? mainly?) thing. Other systems, for   
   >>>> example the European one, are quite different.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, it is something I read on the notes from some VoIp providers that   
   >>> I looked. Maybe things have changed, or they are different in the USA.   
   >>> One reason could be that VoIp was not considered reliable enough, it did   
   >>> not pass the testing - as compared to POTS, I suppose.   
   >>   
   >> I suggest you research NG911 (Next Generation 911).   
   >   
   >It would be no use to me. Here it is 112.   
      
   I meant that researching NG911 would demonstrate clearly to you that   
   VoIP is considered reliable enough in the USA.   
      
   As for 112, you can expect that to follow what the USA does, to a   
   large extent, some way down the road.   
      
   Dave   
      
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