Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: stiatl!john@gatech.edu (John DeArmond) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Calls to 911 Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 89 13:08:44 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: John DeArmond Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., "The Procedure IS the product" Lines: 33 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 279, message 2 of 9 >>[Moderator's Note: Whether or not there is a charge depends on the policy >>of the carrier. The landline portion, by law, is sent collect to the police >>or emergency service. But please note yesterday's Digest and previous items >>on this: 911 as designed is virtually worthless in cellular applications. >>It is biased in favor of phones at *fixed* locations, since the caller's >>name and address are an important part of the message delivered. PT] > >This is not entirly true everywhere, down here on the range "South Western >bell mobile systems." The local wireline carrier. Has some kind of cel >identification that routes 911 calls to the local, to that cell, emergency >center. Same here in Atlanta. I use my phone fairly frequently on 911. Between the daily traffic accidents, drunks, and out-of-control cops, I'm on about twice a week. The call always goes to the juristdiction of the cell handling the call. (sometimes it's off by one when I'm near a boundary but that does not count.) BellSouth Mobility does not charge for 911 service. BTW, One of the nicer things about celphones in the car is being able to call in real time and report cops who are out of line. I love nothing more than to ping one going about 20 over the limit or third laning traffic while not on emergency traffic. I always ask the dispatcher to confirm that the car number is not on 10-33 traffic and then I describe in detail what I saw. I've been transfered to the duty captain more than once to provide first hand details. Try it sometime. John -- John De Armond, WD4OQC | Manual? ... What manual ?!? Sales Technologies, Inc. Atlanta, GA | This is Unix, My son, You ...!gatech!stiatl!john **I am the NRA** | just GOTTA Know!!!