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From: Glenn M Cooley <gmc@mvuxr.att.com>
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Subject: Re: Enhanced 911
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Date: 15 Mar 90 15:24:32 GMT
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>Basically, a six-year-old child called 911 for a medical emergency (I
>believe his/her mother was choking).  The child was panicked and
>couldn't remember the address of his/her apartment.

I agree that it certainly is better to spend millions of my
hard-earned tax dollars for the high-tech solution to this scenario
than for the child's parents to tape their address on the back of the
phone :-) (BTW could you people help get the government to install
under pavement heaters so that I don't have to buy snow tires.)