RE: VoIP public payphones

>From EDUCAUSE (another nail in the coffin?):

FCC CHAIR PUSHES 911 FOR VOIP

Kevin Martin, the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
told a House subcommittee that he intends to pursue regulation that would
require providers of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone service to
include 911 service for consumers. Traditional phone service connects
callers to emergency services and provides the caller's phone number and
address. Because VoIP calls are not carried on phone lines, VoIP companies
must make arrangements with local phone companies to provide 911 service.
Vonage, the leading VoIP vendor, has been criticized, by Rep. Mark Kirk
(R-Ill.) among others, for not providing 911 service automatically and for
not warning consumers that they cannot use their VoIP phones to call 911.
Officials from Vonage said their customers can connect to 911, though they
conceded the calls might be routed to secondary lines in the call centers.
Chris Murray, vice president for government affairs at Vonage, said, "The
marketplace is moving toward E911 access for all communications providers,
but everyone's feet need to be held to the fire to ensure that nationwide
rollout is completed as quickly as possible." Reuters, 26 April 2005
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8303447>
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8303447

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tyler van Houwelingen
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 14:33
To: SeattleWireless Talk List
Subject: VoIP public payphones


Has anyone seen a way to do public payphones using VoIP?  I know this may
sound like ancient history, but they are still a requirement for urban dev.

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