33 Years of the Digest ... founded August 21, 1981Copyright © 2015 E. William Horne. All Rights Reserved.The Telecom Digest for May 21, 2015
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| I accuse the present Administration of being the greatest spending Administration in peacetime in all American history - one which piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission, and has failed to anticipate the dire needs or reduced earning power of the people. |
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| Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 07:23:15 -0400 From: "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: FCC may kill 911 access for unregistered mobile phones Message-ID: <elmop-239E61.07231520052015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> In article <3af50fac-e028-4c1e-9778-21e23b391cd5@googlegroups.com>, HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > Anyway, there needs to be a 24/7 reporting method for > situations like broken traffic lights, even if 911 centers do not > consider that a "true emergency". And around here there is, so your stand that "there isn't a number" simply isn't true. And I can't believe my area is the only area with a number that goes straight to police dispatch for these kinds of things. |
| Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 07:19:26 -0400 From: "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: FCC may kill 911 access for unregistered mobile phones Message-ID: <elmop-70E0E3.07192620052015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> In article <elmop-FA1600.07433619052015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote: > Here in town, the police dispatch phone number--which is what everyone > used to call prior to 911--hasn't changed in, quite literally, decades > and decades. And they happily take low priority calls. > > I've never called 911, but I call the cops on a regular basis--for > debris on the freeway, or broken signal lights, or whatever. > > ***** Moderator's Note ***** > > I thought "311" was being implemented for that. 311 around here just gets plain old non-police city services aids who take calls for the mayor's office. |
| Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 07:22:11 -0400 From: "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: FCC may kill 911 access for unregistered mobile phones Message-ID: <elmop-4BCB6B.07221120052015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> In article <3af50fac-e028-4c1e-9778-21e23b391cd5@googlegroups.com>, HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > > I think what you mean is "no national standard number similar to > > 911, but for low-priority police assistance". > > No, I meant that there is no alternative number. I dispute that, because around here there IS an alternative number specifically straight to the police dispatchers. So, I go back to my original stand: certainly you must mean no alternative number that's standardized similar to 911, that everyone would know. For example, tourists in my city wouldn't know whom to call for non-emergency police matters. I get that. But they do have a number they could call, if they knew it. |
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