Subject: [IPTEL] Query on retrieval of Location Information for an IPTel Call

From: Karthik <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:01:19 -0700 (PDT)

Hi All,
I am new to the subject of IP telephony and its
related issues but I was wondering if there are any
efforts to locate the actual geographic/physical
location information of any call that originates from
an IP address-based endpoint like an IP Phone or IPTel
enabled computer.
To my knowlege, any such retrieval currently gives you
the IP address of that endpoint and/or the address to
which it might have been registered.This information
may not always be reliable as it is possible that the
endpoint might be registered at one location but might

actually connect from another and still have a valid
IP address.
I would appreciate any comments on  this.

regards
karthik.

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-- Karthik Venkataraman --
Graduate Assistant, 
Networking Lab, UMKC
(816) 674-9612 (C)
(816) 235-2996 (O)

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