911 Dialing option for remote facility
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@JaredBusch said:
Now, in the event of MPLS failure, you have no phone service at all. This is no different than a PRI or POTS be down and making it not possible for you to dial 911.
Consult local laws for the amount of reliability you are required to have for 911.
Great point! It's only a matter of time before someone digs up the line or hits the phone pole.
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@JaredBusch said:
Now, in the event of MPLS failure, you have no phone service at all. This is no different than a PRI or POTS be down and making it not possible for you to dial 911.
Consult local laws for the amount of reliability you are required to have for 911.
Man I would assume that his MPLS and his POTS lines are two separate things and just because one is down I would not expect the other to be down. So, in that case a local device would solve this problem.
I only went straight to a local device because of the possible loss of the MPLS connection. If the company decides that on the occasion where MPLS fails that the backup is the use of personal cell phones, that's fine (assuming the law is OK with it) and then JB's idea of faking the CID as the Fax number would be fine.
What I don't know - even though it's faking the CID, will it route it to the correct 911 center?
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@Dashrender said:
Man I would assume that his MPLS and his POTS lines are two separate things and just because one is down I would not expect the other to be down. So, in that case a local device would solve this problem.
I know of no situation anywhere where a POTS line does not cover you for 911 responsibility. Imagine the implications if it did not!!
MPLS is totally different and means you have added points of failure and that would be potentially your responsibility, POTS is not.
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Are missing my point. There is no reason that you HAVE to use POTS unless there is a specific local law.
You have to provide 911, yes.
My point was that the MPLS failing is no different than a PRI or POTS failing for a business without VoIP.
The people still cannot call out if the service is down.
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Man I would assume that his MPLS and his POTS lines are two separate things and just because one is down I would not expect the other to be down. So, in that case a local device would solve this problem.
I know of no situation anywhere where a POTS line does not cover you for 911 responsibility. Imagine the implications if it did not!!
MPLS is totally different and means you have added points of failure and that would be potentially your responsibility, POTS is not.
Sure, if your POTS line fails, you as the business aren't going to be in any trouble with the law, but that's not what I was talking about.
@JaredBusch said:
Now, in the event of MPLS failure, you have no phone service at all. This is no different than a PRI or POTS be down and making it not possible for you to dial 911.
Consult local laws for the amount of reliability you are required to have for 911.
I'm not entirely sure what JB is getting at here - If the MPLS lines fail - the company is still potentially responsible for having a way to reach 911. Since the company has a POTS line, systems could be put in place to use that POTS line to call 911, regardless of the MPLS line.
Heck, the law may be OK with - when calling 911 - only call from the fax machine, which would have a princess phone on it. but then again, maybe not.
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@JaredBusch said:
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
None that I know of. Theoretically, there might be. I've not seen it come up before.
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@Dashrender said:
I'm not entirely sure what JB is getting at here - If the MPLS lines fail - the company is still potentially responsible for having a way to reach 911. Since the company has a POTS line, systems could be put in place to use that POTS line to call 911, regardless of the MPLS line.
That's the question. They could be but we've never encountered a situation where they are. It's pretty much just hypothetical.
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@JaredBusch said:
Are missing my point. There is no reason that you HAVE to use POTS unless there is a specific local law.
You have to provide 911, yes.
My point was that the MPLS failing is no different than a PRI or POTS failing for a business without VoIP.
The people still cannot call out if the service is down.
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
I don't know - but VOIP via the internet may not be allowed as the only path to 911 - maybe it is, I just don't know.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
Are missing my point. There is no reason that you HAVE to use POTS unless there is a specific local law.
You have to provide 911, yes.
My point was that the MPLS failing is no different than a PRI or POTS failing for a business without VoIP.
The people still cannot call out if the service is down.
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
I don't know - but VOIP via the internet may not be allowed as the only path to 911 - maybe it is, I just don't know.
Of course it is. That is what e911 is all about.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
None that I know of. Theoretically, there might be. I've not seen it come up before.
That's just it - who has actually investigated this to make sure the letter of the law is being followed for each state?
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
Are missing my point. There is no reason that you HAVE to use POTS unless there is a specific local law.
You have to provide 911, yes.
My point was that the MPLS failing is no different than a PRI or POTS failing for a business without VoIP.
The people still cannot call out if the service is down.
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
I don't know - but VOIP via the internet may not be allowed as the only path to 911 - maybe it is, I just don't know.
Of course it is. That is what e911 is all about.
You know this for a fact? You have the law or the references for all 50 states staying that VOIP e911 is go enough for all location? I am only saying I don't know. and I don't worry about it since I have POTS fax lines in all locations, and I KNOW POTS lines cover me for 911 access and liability.
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@Dashrender said:
I don't know - but VOIP via the internet may not be allowed as the only path to 911 - maybe it is, I just don't know.
Think about Vonage and all the other phone companies out there.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
Are missing my point. There is no reason that you HAVE to use POTS unless there is a specific local law.
You have to provide 911, yes.
My point was that the MPLS failing is no different than a PRI or POTS failing for a business without VoIP.
The people still cannot call out if the service is down.
There are no laws anywhere that I am aware of that require multiple paths to 911 beyond the primary phone system.
I don't know - but VOIP via the internet may not be allowed as the only path to 911 - maybe it is, I just don't know.
Of course it is. That is what e911 is all about.
You know this for a fact? You have the law or the references for all 50 states staying that VOIP e911 is go enough for all location? I am only saying I don't know. and I don't worry about it since I have POTS fax lines in all locations, and I KNOW POTS lines cover me for 911 access and liability.
Do you do this to find out if POTS is enough?
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For my state, as a medical facility, yes it is enough.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
For my state, as a medical facility, yes it is enough.
How did you check that?
Called 911 dispatch and asked.
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@Dashrender said:
For my state, as a medical facility, yes it is enough.
He asked if you did it for all 50 states like you are claiming I need to do for VoIP
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
For my state, as a medical facility, yes it is enough.
He asked if you did it for all 50 states like you are claiming I need to do for VoIP
lol, even if he did - I qualified my statement to my state only - I don't operate in any other state, so I don't care about them.
and the only thing I checked was if POTS line was good enough.. not about VOIP.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
For my state, as a medical facility, yes it is enough.
How did you check that?
Called 911 dispatch and asked.
If I was in a situation where I needed to investigate the requirements, I'd call that "not having checked." 911 dispatch is not the authority for that.
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@Dashrender said:
and the only thing I checked was if POTS line was good enough.. not about VOIP.
But you didn't check with the authority, just someone random.
