From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 03:50:15PM -0400, Bill Horne wrote:   
   > Since its inception, 9-1-1 has been a victim of its own success. Ninety-nine   
   > percent of the time, it just works, and people ignore it. Government leaders   
   > have an “if it’s not broke, why fix it” mentality.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, this approach is short-sighted and puts lives at risk. Simply   
   > put, 9-1-1 will increasingly fail to meet the needs of Kentuckians and   
   > Americans unless it is upgraded to Next Generation 9-1-1 technology (NG911)   
   > — and this can only be achieved through an infusion of federal funding.   
      
   I am always leery of "VoIP" networks, and this author's opinion   
   notwithstanding, I don't think they are a good idea for carrying /any/   
   kind of emergency communications.   
      
   There are at least two things wrong with the idea of using IP-based   
   connections to carry 911 traffic:   
      
   1. The basic, fundamental, underlying premise of the Internet's design   
      is that any particular packet can wait until a route is available,   
      and the packets that transport a 911 Voice-over-Internet-Protocal   
      (VoIP) connection *MUST* be given priority over other traffic - but   
      there is no mechanism in place to do that. VoIP is fine for my home   
      phone (if my ISP ever stops blocking it), but it's *NOT* a reliable   
      way to provide the "always on" connections needed for a PSAP to   
      talk to those in need of help.   
      
   2. Deep down in the glib come-on for the IP network which is supposed   
      to provide the virtual circuits that 911 must have, there is a tiny   
      little tell-all that gives the project's *REAL* purpose away. The   
      NSInet details say that all traffic will be carried over "private"   
      or "virtually private" paths. We all know what Virtual Private   
      Networks are - but what they are *NOT* is a virtual circuit, and   
      the fact that they're going to be used for the "new 911" tells me   
      that this allegedly "advanced" system will be composed of a few   
      concentrated cubicle farms in each state (if even that), trying to   
      use technology to relieve the ever-more-hungry politicians of any   
      obligation to hire and pay the multi-lingual, multi-cultural   
      specialists that currect E911 PSAPs are supposed to have on duty at   
      all times. Of course, if multi-lingual labor can't be found, there   
      will always be the temptation to "offshore" the centers overseas ...   
      
   You heard it here first.   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
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