said by elray:said by aaronwt:I dropped my land line a few months ago to use my cell phone as my primary service.
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For 911 service I will be using my cell phone, although I've never had to use 911. I've had to call the police and fire dept. before, but not in a life threatening situation, so 911 wouldn't apply to those situations. You use the regular number instead of tying up 911 service like most of the calls they receive for 911 that aren't really emergencies.
Except that your cell phone 911 will not work, and "the regular number" WILL NOT WORK when you have that life-threatening situation.
I have the unfortunate opportunity to test these facilities more often than I'd like. Cell-phone 911 is not viable (yet). Dialing the PSAP directly is hit-n-miss, in other words, you can literally "die trying".
Are you willing risk your life for $17 a month?
(That's what we pay for Verizon POTS).
Then you need to tell that to the emergency providers around here who have responded to 911 calls over cell phones sucessfully.
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