<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>In Illinois, it's both, with a strong preference to SIP.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Paul Timmins" <ptimmins@clearrate.com><br><b>To: </b>"Rob Verk" <robverk@hotmail.com>, "Mike Hammett" <voiceops@ics-il.net><br><b>Cc: </b>voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 7, 2021 2:16:21 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] interconnect directly with a PSAP?<br><br>
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<p>INDigital's system they built with Penninsula FiberNet in Michigan is SIP, with private ethernet connectivity to PFN's switches (not public IP networks). Not sure about other states.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 7, 2021 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Hammett<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] interconnect directly with a PSAP?</font>
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Is the interconnection TDM or IP? I did not see much on their site. I did see they provide services in a few States. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mike Hammett <voiceops@ics-il.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 6, 2021 3:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rob Verk <robverk@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> voiceops@voiceops.org <voiceops@voiceops.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] interconnect directly with a PSAP?</font>
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You'll It'll likely vary state-by-state.
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<div>Here in Illinois, we're migrating from a traditional model to an NG911 platform by INDigital. You can only interconnect with INDigital at a few locations, none of them in-LATA.<br>
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<b>From: </b>"Rob Verk" <robverk@hotmail.com><br>
<b>To: </b>voiceops@voiceops.org<br>
<b>Sent: </b>Sunday, July 4, 2021 6:01:58 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[VoiceOps] interconnect directly with a PSAP?<br>
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I have been out of the game for about 20 years and now I am back.<span style="">
</span>I have a lot to catch up on but I'm hoping this listserv can help me out. I have a few questions </p>
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Is it possible to interconnect directly with a PSAP? </li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin-left:0in">
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Is this interconnection still only offered via TDM or is IP/SIP an option? </li></ul>
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Thanks for your help. </p>
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Rob </p>
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