Re: How relable does the Internet need to be? (Was: Re: Converged Network Threat)

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:37:42 GMT, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com said:

P.S. I think a solution lies in the general direction of converting the entire world to use 112 for emergency services and having the VoIP services set up an automated system that rings back whenever your phone connects using a different IP address and asks you where you are.

Ouch. Those of us who don't tolerate flying well don't need that... Few years ago, I got booked Roanoke-Dulles-SFO-Monterey on the way out, and Monterey-LAX-OHare-Roanoke on the way back. What I *needed* was for my phone to ring while I was wandering OHare rather dazed and looking for something I had spotted in Dulles, and *tell* me "Yo dude, pack it in, you're not in Dulles this time"...