[VOIPSEC] e911 peculiarities

[Carlos Alvarez]

On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:52 AM, ANDRE LUIZ CABRAL DUTRA wrote:
> If a company does that (911) to allow the use of this services for emergency
> calls, that is great, but in many cases it doesn´t work that way, money
> almost always comes first. - American way - Don´t pay, don´t have compare it
> with health care. Is the same problem. Everyone should have it but it
> doesn´t work that way. It will always return to the interest of few and
> politicians.



Nice anti-American rant.  We're not a socialist country (well, not 
completely yet anyway).  Those who prefer socialism over self 
responsibility have other options on where to live.

Carrying any services for a non-payer is not a moral imperative. 
Companies exist to make money, not to provide services to people who 
can't pay.  The ILEC/CLEC has special privileges and thus has special 
responsibilities, but a VoIP carrier doesn't get any of those special 
privileges and is not bound by the special responsibilities.

It would be nice to avoid political ranting on an international list.