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Greg_Z
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Re: OT: Is This Cell Phone Feature Real?
said by mfwizard  :
said by simplykristi :
That will not work on my phone... It really depends on your cell phone service provider. Mine is Cingular. I just got my phone a little over two weeks ago.
Kristi
Do you mean that 911 doesn't work? If that be the case, your carrier is in serious trouble. That's a federal law they're violating. If you mean #77 doesn't work, you are probably right. As mentioned, all cellular carriers are supposed to support 911 and all emergency responders are as well.
Please check your facts before posting. All cellular handsets have the ability to dial 911. When you receive any cellular handset nowdays, the Speed Dial 9 key is turned off, or otherwise specified by the manufacturer on the handset.
If a rural area, or in between towns, 911 will route you to the nearest police agency (could be county, city, State Police).
Cingular is not in violation of these rules, and it is not a federal mandated rule that all cellular carriers have to have this feature, it is an ability that was first implemented when cellular handsets where first introduced back in the early 80's. | |
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you hit it one the head here. But there are some problems. the new E-911 systems are not working in most areas yet, and even the one in Fairfax dose not work like it is meant to. Then there is the problem of having all the phones that are on the market now. All most all area can take 911 calls, but many do not go to the right department to be handled. Case in point was last year we got a call for a car fire and accident with injures. the information was a little off, but what got to use was that it was on "some Queens" street. Well we went to the only Queens drive in our town to find out that the call was in Tucson, 80 miles away. Thats the problem with the current 911 set up. there making progress but not fast enough.
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