Comments on: The e911 conundrum http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-e911-conundrum An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-5069 Alec Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:19:57 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-5069 Agree 100%. The current debate is loopy, Aswath. Agree 100%. The current debate is loopy, Aswath.

]]> By: Aswath http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-5068 Aswath Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:57:28 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/06/05/the-e911-conundrum/#comment-5068 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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