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Started by Dale, October 10, 2011, 12:40:31 PM
Quote from: Dale on October 10, 2011, 12:40:31 PMAn existing outbound call route on one of my Obi boxes contains:{(<#:>|911):li}I do not have a local line service at all, so I want to make it dial the police using sp1 if someone dials 911.Should I replace that with:{(<#:>:li},{911:Sp1(19782562521}(978-256-2521 is the local telephone number for the police)
Quote from: Dale on October 10, 2011, 01:11:25 PMbut it is not something I would like to test.
Quote from: tome on October 10, 2011, 05:06:48 PMQuote from: Dale on October 10, 2011, 01:11:25 PMbut it is not something I would like to test.Personally, I wouldn't be happy NOT testing it. I tested e911 (with Callcentric) in two locations. In one location it turned out that the e911 operator was getting incomplete address information. I would have never known that without testing. In both cases I told the operator immediately that I was just testing as my phone service had changed. Both operators thanked me for letting them know I was testing and for testing the service. I have heard it is illegal in some places to test e911. That is one law I would simply break and be willing to defend in court. How else would you know if it worked when you really needed it?My $0.02Tom
Quote from: DaveSin on October 10, 2011, 06:29:37 PMQuote from: tome on October 10, 2011, 05:06:48 PMQuote from: Dale on October 10, 2011, 01:11:25 PMbut it is not something I would like to test.Personally, I wouldn't be happy NOT testing it. I tested e911 (with Callcentric) in two locations. In one location it turned out that the e911 operator was getting incomplete address information. I would have never known that without testing. In both cases I told the operator immediately that I was just testing as my phone service had changed. Both operators thanked me for letting them know I was testing and for testing the service. I have heard it is illegal in some places to test e911. That is one law I would simply break and be willing to defend in court. How else would you know if it worked when you really needed it?My $0.02TomI agree 110% with everything you said. In fact, I would go step further and say you should test it once a month, maybe every two months tops! In my State/City (USA), they welcome it and my initial test shows that my e911 was showing the nearby "major" City and not the specific City I lived in. I was able to correct it immediately and retest a few days later.