What happened to the person is tragic. More importantly it created yet
another black eye on our industry by that provider not providing 911
services. I would not even be surprised to see some sort of criminal
charges against that provider.
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on 5/2/08 1:32 PM, Joe Antkowiak at jantkowiak@netigent.net wrote:
> I have to agree with Peter here...I don't see anything all that wrong with
> Trevor's message. Isn't this kind of how capitalism works? Bad things happen
> and we figure out a way to make it better, and support ourselves in the
> process... It's not like he's marketing a hurricane Katrina mixed drink, he's
> marketing a service that (regardless of whether or not it actually works) is
> intended to help prevent this from happening...
>
>
>
> Peter Beckman wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 May 2008, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:38:49PM -0700, Trevor Peirce wrote:
>>>> I can't see anything sick about sharing information about a service that
>>>> can help save lives and I'm sorry it offended you.
>>> You weren't sharing information about your service, per se.
>>>
>>> You were using the actual death of an actual person as an advertising
>>> point. Yeah, it's a bit tacky. We'll be sure to forward the message
>>> and your home address to the family of the decedent.
>>
>> I really don't see what the problem is. It is horrible tragedy that
>> someone lost their life possibly due to their VoIP 911 service not routing
>> correctly. How is it so horrible that this tragedy is a good reminder to
>> us all that we need to know who are vendors are, what their systems are
>> capable of, and that we should remember to do something about it?
>>
>> And what's the problem with Trevor letting people know that he is
>> concerned about people's safety and ability to reach 911, and is willing
>> to put his own name and company on the line to provide this service?
>>
>> The tragedy highlighted a problem in this industry, and Trevor says he has
>> a good solution for it. If he truly does, then by evaluating and
>> potentially using Trevor and his company to fill a gap in your 911 service
>> saves a life, I don't see his post as inappropriate in the least.
>>
>> I don't see Trevor chasing ambulances. (And pretty much everyone on this
>> list posts either for help or to offer their services to this community.)
>> I read the email, and he said here's a problem we should as a VoIP
>> community avoid, and I have experience in dealing with it, and here's what
>> I do and how it works and because I do it right it could save lives if you
>> use it. (Obviously, independently evaluate his claims yourself.)
>>
>> Trevor, I don't have any problem with what you posted. I think you
>> presented it fairly, it IS a real problem in this industry with people
>> offering service without really knowing how it works or possibly doing it
>> right, and if you do indeed "do it right" then I hope people use your
>> service and can rid the news of this story every hitting the press again.
>>
>> Beckman
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