[LINK] Fwd: MR 130/07: VoIP providers called on to provide access to emergency call services [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Kim Holburn]

I read an article recently about a US citizen living abroad with  
their vonage account which gave them a New York phone number.  Their  
only problem - people would ring them on New York time.  It begs the  
obvious question.  Which country is the phone really in?  Which  
emergency services do you need?

Does it include skype?

On 2007/Oct/17, at 7:02 AM, Antony Barry wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Australian Communications & Media Authority"  
>> <media at acma.gov.au>
>> Date: 16 October 2007 11:25:05 AM
>> To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
>> Subject: MR 130/07: VoIP providers called on to provide access to  
>> emergency call services [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>> Reply-To: media at acma.gov.au
>>
>> The Australian Communications and Media Authority and the  
>> Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts  
>> have contacted more than forty Australian providers of voice over  
>> internet protocol (VoIP) services urging them to find technical  
>> solutions so that all users of VoIP services have access to the  
>> Triple Zero emergency call number.
>> The full media release can be found at: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/ 
>> STANDARD/pc=PC_310797
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