Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Marty Brenneis Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: E911 -- All Operators Are Busy Message-ID: <10210@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 29 Jul 90 19:54:40 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 526, Message 8 of 9 claris!netcom!onymouse@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John Debert) writes: >(Does anyone know if it's true that Pa Bell provides the 911 staff?) 911 Operators are provided by the local 911 agency. In some counties this is a common answer point for all emergency services in the county. In other counties it is the various cities that answer. This question of who answers has caused many delays in the implementation of the 911 and E911 systems while the various agencies argue it out. Marty the Droid Industrial Magician