viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25 | Is it just me...
or does the article seem to, if not agree, then not disagree (double negative, I know, sometimes it's deserved here) with Kevin Martin and the FCC? |
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8744675
join:2000-10-10
Decatur, GA
| Even when they are able to reliably locate a 911 cell phone caller, it won't do much good if they don't fix the rest of problems plaguing the 911 system in most cities. During some peak times in many cities, there can be a 15 minute or longer hold time before a 911 caller is connected to an operator.
There are too many non-emergency calls to 911 and not enough operators to handle them all. The police and cities are partly to blame because they used to tell everyone to call 911 for almost everything in the early years, and people got used to using 911 for other police and city business.
It will be difficult to change people's behavior now, unless they start fining people who continue to use 911 for non-emergency calls and do a better job of publicizing the non-emergency numbers. Maybe the new 311 number will help. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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| said by 8744675  :It will be difficult to change people's behavior now, unless they start fining people who continue to use 911 for non-emergency calls and do a better job of publicizing the non-emergency numbers. Maybe the new 311 number will help. It is already illegal to call 911 for non-emergency reasons (aside from testing). These laws simply need to be enforced.
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This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate! |
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