 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | reply to silentlooker
Re: 911 is still not blocked Not once you've called and removed the phone from your account. Then it's just a deactivated phone calling 911. |
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| Yep. All phones compatible with nearby signals have to be able to dial 911 per FCC mandate. |
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vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | I realize that, but once the phone is no longer associated with your account it is no longer your problem. |
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| said by vpoko:I realize that, but once the phone is no longer associated with your account it is no longer your problem.
So who gets blamed for 911 if it's no longer associated with the owner? The phone company or FCC? |
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 djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
San Diego, CA
kudos:4
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| They can still track the phone on the network, regardless if it's allowed service or not. With a t-mobile or at&t phone, chances are they are dialing w/o a sim (then won't show the previous users phone # or anything) or a new sim (with the new users info).
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vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | reply to silentlooker
No one gets blamed unless the person dialing gets caught (and obviously isn't calling for a bona fide emergency). |
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I can call 911 just fine on 10+ year old sprint cell phone. It is most definitely not activated anymore |
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vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | For the love of god, can you read the rest of the thread? I didn't say it wouldn't work, I said the police wouldn't come looking for you if the phone wasn't associated with your account. |
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| said by vpoko: I said the police wouldn't come looking for you if the phone wasn't associated with your account.
if you are in need of police assistance they have to try to find you. |
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vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | E911 requires phones to give the caller's location within 300 meters latitudinally and 300 meters longitudinally. A phone not attached to an account will still do that, but it will not give associated subscriber information because there is no associated subscriber.
I'm sorry, my last post used poor wording. The police *would* try to find you, but the person whose phone was stolen and is now being used to call 911 wouldn't get in trouble for it. |
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said by djdanska:They can still track the phone on the network, regardless if it's allowed service or not. With a T-Mobile or AT&T phone, chances are they are dialing w/o a SIM (then won't show the previous users phone # or anything) or a new SIM (with the new users info). Correct. 911 operators do track incoming calls (in case of cell phones it would either be tower triangulation or GPS if a phone has it) so that if a person can't clearly identify where the emergency is, they can still send unit(s) to the area.The same can be used to try to track abusers who start calling 911 when there is no real emergency. Obviously, if an actual number shows up during 911 call and they manage to link it to a valid carrier account, catching the perpetrator becomes even easier.
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| said by Pirate515:said by djdanska:They can still track the phone on the network, regardless if it's allowed service or not. With a T-Mobile or AT&T phone, chances are they are dialing w/o a SIM (then won't show the previous users phone # or anything) or a new SIM (with the new users info). Correct. 911 operators do track incoming calls (in case of cell phones it would either be tower triangulation or GPS if a phone has it) so that if a person can't clearly identify where the emergency is, they can still send unit(s) to the area.The same can be used to try to track abusers who start calling 911 when there is no real emergency. Obviously, if an actual number shows up during 911 call and they manage to link it to a valid carrier account, catching the perpetrator becomes even easier. Considering how far towers in some places are here and phone not having gps it would be really hard to catch the person. |
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djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
San Diego, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·Cox HSI
·Verizon Broadban..
·Clear Wireless
·Time Warner Cable
| You would be surprised. When i go to western Illinois, the towers are fairly far away from each other yet google maps has no problem finding appx where im at. Even though the towers are 8 if not 9 miles away.
Someone might be able to tell me but does it take in account other cell towers it can receive, even though it can't use them? aka at&t and other local carriers? If so, it would make sense.
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | said by djdanska:Someone might be able to tell me but does it take in account other cell towers it can receive, even though it can't use them? aka at&t and other local carriers? If so, it would make sense. Network based location can be done several different ways. If only a single tower is within range, location can be determined within a given radius based on signal strength. Not real fine tuned.
If the object is moving, the change in strength can help software such as Google Maps determine location by comparing the estimated difference with roads in the area if an actual GPS receiver is not turned on.
If multiple towers are within range, then triangulation can be used to narrow down the location even further. It's not absolute, but is far better then nothing at all. |
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djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
San Diego, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·Cox HSI
·Verizon Broadban..
·Clear Wireless
·Time Warner Cable
| The chances of me being within range of only 1 or two towers, is very rare. there are always at&t and other local gsm providers in range. That's what i meant with if the phone can or cannot get appx location from gsm or wcdma towers it's not using.
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