Comments on: The e911 conundrum http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-264259 Alec Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:19:57 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-264259 Agree 100%. The current debate is loopy, Aswath. Agree 100%. The current debate is loopy, Aswath.

]]> By: Aswath http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-264247 Aswath Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:57:28 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-264247 I have made the following point earlier: the fundamental problem is in the tacit assumption that E911 service is a "voice" service and then we are trying to extend it to VoIP. Instead we should consider E911 service is part of "access to PSTN" service (after all E911 is available in the Fax line as well) and so we should extend it to "Internet access" service. If we do that, then as you observe, wireline access providers can offer location service to PSAPs. We need to solve wireless access providers, just like we had to do in the wireless PSTN. There is an additional benefit in doing this - as end points and PSAPs evolve, E911 can be more than just "voice" application. One can connect medical monitoring devices , for example. I have made the following point earlier: the fundamental problem is in the tacit assumption that E911 service is a “voice” service and then we are trying to extend it to VoIP. Instead we should consider E911 service is part of “access to PSTN” service (after all E911 is available in the Fax line as well) and so we should extend it to “Internet access” service. If we do that, then as you observe, wireline access providers can offer location service to PSAPs. We need to solve wireless access providers, just like we had to do in the wireless PSTN.

There is an additional benefit in doing this – as end points and PSAPs evolve, E911 can be more than just “voice” application. One can connect medical monitoring devices , for example.

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