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Originally Posted by markosjal Those of us who use VoIP services, especially those that "Roll your own", may have looked for alternatives for 911 dialing. I know it is not e911 however most 911 centews have a regular PSTN number that reaches the same operators. This can often be implemented into a Sipura Dial Plan or a quick dial sequence. |
Yep.
That's how I setup 911 (on my
SPA-3000) quite some time ago. I just called the non-emergency number for my area's "county sheriff"), and asked if there was a number I could call if/when there was an emergency, and I had a phone that couldn't handle 911. They were happy to answer my question, and I setup my
SPA-3000's dial plan to convert 911 to a "speed dial call" to that number.
FYI: In my case, I was told that the "non-emergency" number I called was fine for this purpose, because it actually reached the 911 dispatch center for my area (and those dispatchers were used to getting "emergency calls" on that "non-emergency" number). However, in other areas you need a different number for "emergencies", than for "non-emergencies". But whatever number you need, there is a good chance you can get it by simply (calling the non-emergency number and) asking!
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This "trick" will NOT give you e911, it will only give you "basic 911". i.e. the enhanced location info of ENHANCED 911 will NOT be present. But at least by doing things this way, if/when someone dials 911 (from a "phone" in your house) "in an emergency", they will be connected to emergency personal (they just may have to also tell them the address, as that info isn't always passed along when doing the calls this way).
But even with those limits, who's complaining? IMHO this is a very "cheap" way to add 911 to your VoIP adapter, even if/when you have VoIP provider(s) that don't supply 911 service!
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