Talk:Enhanced 911

message: After reading through FCC rules part 20.18, I can't find any mention of a time requirement for providing location data to a PSAP. The sources cited in this article only deal with the accuracy requirement, and an internet search turned up a CNN article which claims to quote something from the FCC on the subject, but doesn't specify which document. Does anyone have a better citation for the claim that mobile providers must provide location data to a PSAP within six minutes of a request?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.138.117.98 (talk) 20:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Six Minute Requirement for Location Data

message: This article uses a lot of acronyms, which tend to bewilder and confuse those unfamiliar with the system being described.  It might be possible to convert many of these to their corresponding expansions, or a more descriptive common noun that refers to the same thing. -- Beland 01:33, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks to everyone for all their untangling work.  I've just given the article a final push, and I removed the  tag, since hopefully it's not anymore. -- Beland (talk) 05:09, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion

message: I would like to see something on the requirement that municipalities give every building a street number, which in turn required them to name previously unnamed streets in order to comply with E-911 requirements.  All at once across the country during the late 1990s, shared driveways were given often-whimsical names by their residents.  Historic roads were renamed to reduce confusion as well.
--Editing 17:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Street Naming

message: i'm wondering is it very difficult to show the text of the enhanced 911 act itself. anyone who can help?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Castorcnn (talk) 
--Kgfleischmann (talk) 19:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Brief quotes relevant to the article make very good sense, and would look great. But the full text would be excessive, since the full text is easily available online.  --Lexein (talk) 13:07, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  the text of the enhanced 911 Act itself 

message: I had to put the  tag on because especially under the VOIP section, it's very US-centered. What about Canada and Mexico? Me-123567-Me (talk) 23:43, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point - can you help?  I don't read Spanish, and I'm unfamiliar with Canadian tel regs and regulators. 911 does seem have been first in the U.S., "first" dates would certainly be good to establish in other nations. In fact, how about Central America? I'm not advocating an exhaustive list, of course. --Lexein (talk) 13:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure where to find reliable sources to make additions in regards to Canada. Me-123567-Me (talk) 16:11, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

text: I am new to wikipedia and apologize in advance for any faux pas in how I have approached the process of editing. I have tried to address the US centric concern with some additional historical context by providing links to articles that focus on the application of the Enhanced 9-1-1 concept outside North America. I don’t have expertise on 9-1-1 VoIP outside North America and can’t help there.  I have domain expertise on E9-1-1 as it pertains to enterprise style organizations and how public safety agencies manage incoming emergency calls.  I have added information on how E9-1-1 applies to enterprise style organization who use Multi-line Telephone Systems. There is an important distinction and often misunderstood between E9-1-1 for the MLTS and VoIP E9-1-1. I hope you find this a worthy addition.  I will work to improove this infomrtion over time. Any comments on how I can be a more effective contributor are greatly appreciated. --E9-1-1SME (talk) 14:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for what you have done. I'm sure it's an improvement. Continue to be bold. Me-123567-Me (talk) 16:11, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  US focused 

message: Article currently mentions "Assisted GPS (wireless or television) allows use of GPS even indoors".
I hadn't heard of television assisted GPS, and found a bit about a company called Rosum that recently sold their patent portfolio on the technology; couldn't find anything specifically about that on WP.
The current link to "wireless" also appears to be off target.
Would it be better to just leave the one link to "Assisted GPS" and drop the qualifying parenthetical statement?--NapoliRoma (talk) 18:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assisted GPS clarification? 

message: The location section explains a mobile phone can be located using triangulation, GPS... But that means the location information is send from the phone ? Does it means each phone will communicate some information to the phone network provider about the position ? Is there some kind of world-standard ? Even old phones are capable of doing that ? What about the case where the SIM card is not used ?
If the information is only base on the provider's observation and not the phone, how can he do triangulation ? I thought the provider had only the information about the cell the phone is connected to.
Maybe this section should be more explicit about that. --Martvefun (talk) 17:20, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:   Wireless enhanced 911 - Technology 

message: Removed the tag suggesting this article be merged with 911, placed in 2011, for the following reasons:
*The article here appears substantial in its own right, and too long and detailed to be a section within another article.
*The article at 9-1-1 has a section on the Enhanced 911 topic that points here as the Main article.
*The related section in 9-1-1 is currently long and unwieldy, and seems in need of editing down and merging with this article.
--Tsavage (talk) 12:51, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Merge to 911 tag