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Re: I call bull Still seems sad they went nearly 30 miles in the wrong direction  ..and that they couldn't have tried for a more precise location and then re-directed emergency responders while in route or something...
Didn't see that their call center was without the ability to "trigger AGPS" but I guess having them modernize is not a bad thing. All I saw in the article is:
"According to NENA, 7% of the nation's 911 centers are able to obtain only the location of the tower that picks up the wireless call and are not equipped to request GPS coordinates for the caller's location. More than 100 counties still have only this so-called Basic 911 service. Cellphone callers in these counties are unlikely to summon emergency services unless they can orally tell the operator where they are." Do digital cell towers even broadcast in a 30 mile range? I'd have to say no, they don't. Analog ones might, in extremely lucky conditions, but digital ones have far less range.
Surely with the ability to have ONLY that info, they could've provided a better response if they'd bothered (or been able) to double check...
Just sad... |
