Well, when I signed up for Skype it was VERY clear that it would not call 911 and that it should not be a replacement for a normal phone because of that - just used for cheap LD. I had already gotten rid of my landline though and was just using my Cell phone but the warnings about VOIP were very clear.
I also don’t have any dependants, especially not a "18 month old boy, who had fought health problems all his life".
If I did have a infant son that was always having health issues, I'd probably not only have a land line but a medic alert system that was hotlined to 911 and an Alarm system that was monitored and could also call for help. Maybe that’s overkill and these people could not afford that, but I don't care how broke you are, you find a way to pay for basic phone service when your sons life is on the line.
This sounds to me like a Stupid people/parents problem and nothing to do with EMS or VOIP. Sadly it will probably result in legislation restricting VOIP in someway to protect people from their own idiocy.
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