I take it all back. Forget the "quacks like a duck" test for emergency service calling regulations and VoIP. Here's my mark II version. If you sell VoIP interconnected to the PSTN together with connectivity, you're liable for E911. Otherwise, you're not. The sale doesn't need to be a bundle; merely by entities with substantially similar control or billed through one entity. So SkypeOut wouldn't be liable for E911, unless it was being done on one of their WiFi hotspot partners, in which case they're supplying the bit haulage too and damn well ought to know where you are and how to route your call.
Any better ideas?
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