[VOIPSEC] VOIP for free??

[Alexander]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 09:14:50AM -0400, stuart jacobs wrote:

> Unfortunately, in the USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 
> does care about 911 and mandates support by any supplier of 
> telecommunications services currently over the PSTN but will eventually 
> apply to non-PSTN Local communications system as well.

  What about closed services like Skype? There might be community with
  computer-only network (i.e. no access to/from PSTN at all) - will this
  be considered as "telecommunication services"? If yes, what about 911
  routing, if there are (say) no phone numbers involved?
  
  To be honest, I don't really understand why anyone who is offering voice
  services (whatever it is - VoIP, Skype or like) must provide 911
  routing... No, "looks like phone" is not an argument here - there are
  many devices which looks like phone and are not capable to provide 911
  or equivalent service, and nobody (including authorities) cares.

Regards,
/Al