a method for determining the location of a voip caller includes receiving an emergency call from a voip phone from the internet via a voip enabling device . a device identifier of the voip enabling device through which the call from the voip device originated is received . the device identifier is compared against a pre - defined table of device identifiers , where each device identifier in the table has an associated physical location . the physical location of the voip enabling device is returned during the call from the voip phone .