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From: optilink!cramer@uunet.uu.net (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Enhanced 911
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Date: 20 Mar 90 19:10:55 GMT
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In article <5246@accuvax.nwu.edu>, gmc@mvuxr.att.com (Glenn M Cooley) writes:
 
> >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.)

But that's not the only scenario where 911 ANI is extremely useful.

1. A person manages to dial 911, and loses consciousness (or is
interrupted by a blunt object) part way through the call.

2. A person hears a burglar in the next room, dials 911, and is afraid
to speak loud enough to be clearly heard.

3. A person who isn't sure of the address of where they are because
they were taken there against their will, or were too loaded to know
where they are.

4. The case alluded to above, involving a panicked or small child,
though, is probably a common one, and very worthwhile.


Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer
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