Posted on 05/27/2005 2:14:14 PM PDT by Writer1
CHICAGO, May 27 (UPI) -- A sexual predator attacks a woman in her Florida home. She dials 911 on her Internet-enabled phone, but is routed to an emergency operator in another state. The police never arrive and she is murdered.
In six months, this chilling scenario - variations of which have occurred in several states --could become much less likely, experts told UPI's Wireless World.
The Federal Communications Commission this week issued a ruling that requires certain providers of Internet telephony -- including those that offer the service to mobile customers -- to supply emergency calling capabilities to their customers. By Gene Koprowski
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Can we write an alternate ending?
She puts down her phone, picks up her trusty S&W, and eliminates the need for "emergency services"!
Never quite figured the attraction at this point for internet phones== my broadband connection goes out at least a few times a year-- but my regular telephone has never stopped working.
Only for a clintonian definition of "working." Just because you get dial tone doesn't mean you can successfully complete a call. The high reliability of the PSTN is mostly a myth.
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