[rescue] VOIP

Kurt Mosiejczuk kurt at csh.rit.edu
Tue Oct 14 09:48:21 CDT 2003


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, N. Miller wrote:

> > GPS service (or terrestial triangulation) is coming, my phones have it,
> > but when will my 911 service support it?

> AFAIA, all gps-enabled phones have the gps turned off
> by default.  My understanding is that it takes a 3rd
> party application to utilize.

My Kyocera 7135 has it turned on by default, with options for
emergency-service-only and off modes.  Just as a data point.
It's got a cute/creepy little cross-hairs icon to show that
feature being on.

--Kurt



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