XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular   
   From: robin_listas@invalid.es   
      
   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.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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