battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Is anyone else scratching their head wondering why the CDC is tracking this kind of info? I guess the FCC will start tracking the flu next. |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | They track it because household demographic, income, and a flurry of other statistical information changes based on whether a home is cell or landline only...that can seriously impact health-related surveys... |
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captnk
join:2001-03-07
Valparaiso, IN | And we wonder
We wonder why our government is inefficient. This is not the CDC's job |
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27 | Landline/cell number data is accurate in demographics, info...
CDC NEEDS to know population numbers and thus...
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hayabusa3303
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Ok i guess with a report like this all the bells could ask for bailout money then and get it.  |
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avd706
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Union, NJ | reply to Karl Bode
Re: Huh?
Dewey defeats Truman |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Not to mention the fact that the increase in cell-only households presents other issues in disease control. Suppose you have a serious outbreak that requires immediate notification of all residents in an area. When everyone had landlines, you could call all numbers in a given group of exchanges and be pretty sure you'd reached everyone. With cells, people often move and keep their old number, which may be from an area across the country. How much of an issue is that, and how do you deal with it? That's something the CDC needs to find out. |
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pnh102
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| said by ISurfTooMuch  :Suppose you have a serious outbreak that requires immediate notification of all residents in an area. When everyone had landlines, you could call all numbers in a given group of exchanges and be pretty sure you'd reached everyone. With cells, people often move and keep their old number, which may be from an area across the country. I am sure the government, if it needed to send out such a message, could make use of emergency texting. The only problem of course is how do you make sure it is really from the government and not someone trying to cause a panic?
Come to think of it how do you prevent that if the government just tried calling everyone instead? I know that if anyone calls me saying they are from the government, I am quite skeptical.
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moonpuppy
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Re: And we wonder
said by cableties :Landline/cell number data is accurate in demographics, info... CDC NEEDS to know population numbers and thus... BINGO! Also, they use the information to possibly contact people in a given area just in case. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by captnk :We wonder why our government is inefficient. This is not the CDC's job How is it inefficent. I think is IS efficent. They are doing 2 things at once. appearantly you rather haveadditional government employees calling peole backa dn finding out if they have landline or cell phone. which cost MORE tax payer dollars. |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Huh?
said by pnh102 :said by ISurfTooMuch :Suppose you have a serious outbreak that requires immediate notification of all residents in an area. When everyone had landlines, you could call all numbers in a given group of exchanges and be pretty sure you'd reached everyone. With cells, people often move and keep their old number, which may be from an area across the country. I am sure the government, if it needed to send out such a message, could make use of emergency texting. The only problem of course is how do you make sure it is really from the government and not someone trying to cause a panic? Come to think of it how do you prevent that if the government just tried calling everyone instead? I know that if anyone calls me saying they are from the government, I am quite skeptical. Isn't that why they have radio and TV and the "Emergency Broadcast System" ??? You don't call everyone in a city on the phone. You put out a broadcast on TV.
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NetAdmin
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Re: And we wonder
The task of tracking cell phone/land usage is much easier than you think, especially when it is combined with the other demographic information that is collected in the National Health Interview Survey.
So, no, this isn't government being inefficient at all.
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Mr Matt
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 The Local Exchange Carriers cannot stop the pig party. The cost to deliver service is dropping while the LEC's are still run by Bell Heads. The have not gotten the message that unless they reduce voice line prices and eliminate the hidden charges like the central office connection charge they might find themselves in the same position as Ice Delivery Companies and Stables, a quaint memory. |
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TACSPEED
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Re: Huh?
I rarely listen to the radio and watch very little TV. I also have text messaging disabled on the my prepaid cell phone.
However if they posted the information on the Internet, I would probably see it.
So the emergency broadcast system needs to include the Internet now.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by TACSPEED :So the emergency broadcast system needs to include the Internet now. »ISPs Injecting Their Content Into Websites
You mean something like this? |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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But you wouldn't see an emergency messege because the pop up would probably be blocked 
I still have my landline....I could see the Census Bureau keeping tabs as well as the DOD
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major marco
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| Landlines will always be around
and in California, any time there is any little hiccup -as in a tiny, little quake that caused zero property damage- cellular service goes out for hours after the fact because everyone and his dog are trying to call someone. I don't care if the entire state converts to mobile phone only. I'll still have my landline. |
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funchords
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| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Huh?
The core of this story -- that cell-only households have outstripped TP-only households -- is completely unremarkable.
Even before I read the comments, I was scratching my head over the CDC being the source. I see the comments section is with me on this one: Everyone wants to talk about how odd it is that the CDC is the best source for this communications statistic.
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sivran
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join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
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Re: Landlines will always be around
Indeed.
You can pry my landline from my cold, dead hands. Unlike my cell or internet service, my landline has had 100% uptime. |
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ILpt4U
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said by major marco :and in California, any time there is any little hiccup -as in a tiny, little quake that caused zero property damage- cellular service goes out for hours after the fact because everyone and his dog are trying to call someone. I don't care if the entire state converts to mobile phone only. I'll still have my landline. Of course, when the fiber that serves all those Landlines & Cell Phone lines is cut, then they all go out...
See Bay area, ~1 month ago. |
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