[cisco-voip] School Building VoIP 911

[Norton, Mike]

Typically I bridge the main POTS line that the FXO uses to a "red jack" at the reception area. To avoid having people pick up the "red phone" while the FXO port is using the line, the phone normally stays stored in a drawer somewhere. During extended outages, office staff take out the phone and plug it in. My schools are all remote rural locations (frequent power outages), so the ones that have this set-up are well-rehearsed at the procedure. It helps that the 10 minutes of UPS is already a huge improvement over the legacy key systems that VoIP is replacing.

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Mike Norton
I.T. Support
Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76
Helpdesk: 780-831-3080
Direct: 780-831-3076


From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Erik Potteiger
Sent: June-08-10 12:50 PM
To: 'cisco-voip at puck.nether.net'
Subject: [cisco-voip] School Building VoIP 911

Hello,

I am thinking about installing a VG224 for about 15 lines at a public building.  I have UCM 6.1 and a Cisco 2801 SRST with 2 FXO ports both FXO ports are connected to POTS lines and all 911 calls are routed out the POTS lines.  I also have a fire alarm that will be connected to 2 POTS lines.  All components are on a UPS that can handle a power outage of 10 minutes.  After 10 minutes all phones would be dead except for the fire alarm system.  I am concerned about 911 during a power outage.  If all the phones are dead in a public building during a power outage is this illegal?  I am not concerned about safety almost everyone in the building carries a cell phone.  I am thinking keeping one POTS line at the front desk.  Any suggestions or information about 911 laws.

Thank you,
Erik

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