[Gllug] OT Internet connection

[Jason Clifford]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Richard Jones wrote:

> Would you really expect VoIP providers to give you 999 service, when
> really they're just running another server connected to the internet? By
> the same rationale, should website owners also offer a "999 button" if
> you happen to fall ill while looking at their website?  Perhaps this
> should be a requirement for people who install a physical wire into your
> house, but not for people just providing a service over the internet, no
> matter how much you think it looks like a phone.

Yes, it is a reasonable expectation. You seem to be under the impression 
that people will always have a telephone service on the wire coming into 
their home. That is not a reasonable expectation going forward. There is a 
lot of industry pressure for access to the "last mile" connection without 
a phone service on the line for the provision of broadband and VoIP over 
that.

Moreover there are plenty of sites with VoIP as their only phone service 
in use already.

Jason
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