#ACCURATE SKYPE IP LOCATOR SOFTWARE#
Perhaps as part of the Skype login process the Skype software client can require the user to provide their current location. "Īnother part of the FCC e911 order reads, "Although the customer must provide the location information, the VoIP provider must provide the customer a means of updating this information, whether he or she is at home or away from home," which gives me an idea. "Skype does not have access to reliable real-time location information for its users-Skype may determine a user's IP address, but IP addresses (in addition to being vulnerable to spoofing) offer only the most general sense of a user's location. "Skype is concerned that overbroad application of 911/e911 requirements will impede rather than facilitate the provision of emergency services," Skype's letter states. The details of that discussion are included in an ex parte letter sent by Skype's legal counsel, Henry Goldberg, the text of which was also obtained by met with FCC Chairman Martin's chief of staff Daniel Gonzalez and Michelle Carey, Martin's legal advisor, and separately with Commissioner Copps and Jessica Rosenworcel, Copps'a legal advisor, on the topic of 911/e911 requirements to IP-enabled services.
learned that on May 9, 2005, Skype Communications, S.A. Russell Shaw has some interesting comments on both Skype & AT&T fighting the e911 rules you should check out.Īlso, EnterpriseVoIPplanet has an excellent summary of Skype & e911:Į has. The text within the current FCC rules " places obligations on interconnected VoIP service providers that are similar to traditional telephone providers in that they enable customers to receive calls from and terminate calls to the public switched telephone network (PSTN)." In order words, it mandates that any VoIP service provider providing PSTN access must provide e911 access, including Skype. So how would Skype be able to detect where you are at any given time? The only thing they can do is figure out your IP address - which at best only gives you a geographic region - not enough location information to send to the local emergency response team. If you think about it, how would Skype provide accurate e911 since it is a nomadic VoIP service? Many Skype users use Skype in their home, their office, on the road in hotels, etc.
Skype is trying to get an exemption from the newly mandated FCC e911 rules.
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