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Re: They shouldn't be able to call it "9-1-1" Before testing 911, I called the general information number of the police department and requested permission to call 911 for a test and asked what would be a good time. They were completely fine with that.
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 hhawkmanPremium
join:2001-02-08
Port Hueneme, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by stufried:Before testing 911, I called the general information number of the police department and requested permission to call 911 for a test and asked what would be a good time. They were completely fine with that. Stu Yup,
I was setting up a restaurant phone system with a macro to call 911.
"*9". At first I tried it and hung up. Then I let it go and informed the operator what I was doing. I got my ass chewed out because of the earlier hangup, but they understood, and gave me the proper procedure. They wanted it to work just as much as *I* did. |
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·voip.ms
| You need a speed dial for 9-1-1? That's the nuttiest thing I've ever heard of.
When setting up new VOIP systems (talking about Cisco for businesses) I've never had a problem responding to "What is your emergency" with "This is not an emergency, we are testing a new phone system. Could you provide a read-back of the info you're seeing on your end?"
A few times when we're fighting with a configuration problem I've gotten special clearance in advance from the police to make repeated calls, once they verify that they have adequate staffing levels at the moment. |
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Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | said by jester121:You need a speed dial for 9-1-1? That's the nuttiest thing I've ever heard of. My latest cellphone has that "feature". What's worse, the speed dial number is "1". Real handy, that, in a country where "1" is the first number needed to dial anywhere. 
I suppose that if I were in a life-or-death struggle, that it would be helpful to be able to have a "panic button" of sorts. OTOH, if I'm in a life-or-death struggle, I'm not going to stop fighting for my life for anything! Thankfully it can be disabled.
But making a macro to save only a single button-press? That is kind of lame. As is needing dashes to separate single digits. That kind of thing belongs in a Zippy the Pinhead cartoon, along with "what's the number for 911?" |
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