System and method for facilitating emergency calling from a remote terminal

A method that expedites special number calling for operating a call control system connected on a trunk between a remote terminal supporting a plurality of lines and its controlling local switching office, said method comprising:

• intercepting a call to 9-1-1 from a line comprising a line ID;
• determining a call delivery number responsive to the line ID, said call delivery number comprising the call delivery number of a public safety answering point that serves the line ID;
• determining a calling line telephone number responsive to the line ID;
• creating a call origination comprising the delivery number and the calling line telephone number;
• and
• forwarding the call origination to the local switching office.

A telephone network comprising:

• an answering point configured to serve special number calls;
• a local switching office connected to the public safety answering point;
• a remote terminal connected to the local switching office via a trunk and supporting a plurality of lines;
• and
• a call control system connected on the trunk between the local switching office and the remote terminal and configured to monitor the plurality of lines for special number calls and further configured to deliver the special number calls to the answering point without intervention by the local switching office.