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Charlotte, NC | reply to BigJames523
Re: 911 Service is free from any landline.... That only works if the dial tone is still there. If the line has been dead for an long extended period the connection may have been physically disconnected for some reason. They are left connected as long as possible so you can call 911 for emergencies and 611 to reactivate service by computer.
In some areas the local governments all want a piece of the 911 pie. There will be a county dispatch center and a small town will have their own instead of combining the funds and having a single better center. You guys can blame the telcos all you want but most of the problems are because of some government decision on how to spend the money. The cell towers in an area can have the best equipment but if the 911 center it goes too does not have the equipment to use it you are out of luck.
Unless you have been in big and small 911 centers and know what equipment they have installed and the people manning it your cell phone and tower may be the least of you problem.
They save a lot of people but sometimes things fall through the cracks and someone dies. |
