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Skype and Emergency Services
skype is not to be used for calling emergency services!

Skype End User License Agreement
skype is not used to be used for calling emergency services!

Skype Journal: Skype 911 and get a lawyer
skype argue that they should be exempt from the requirement that phones provide geolocation information: "For the reasons discussed above, Skype urges the Commission to limit the immediate application of 911 and e911 requirements to IP-based replacements for fixed-line wireline telephone service as defined herein."

Enhanced 911 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In 2005, the FCC required that VoIP services that interconnect with the public telephone network begin to provide 911 service and provide notice to their consumers concerning the 911 limitations (note that if a VoIP service did not interconnect with the public telephone network, this requirement was not imposed)."

Why does it take hours to evacuate a sinking ship? - By Michelle Tsai - Slate Magazine

common misconceptions about disasters