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From: PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss)
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Subject: Re: What the 911 Operator Knows
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In article <16299@accuvax.nwu.edu>, das@cs.ucla.edu (David A.
Smallberg) says:

>Apparently, not everyone knows that the 911 operator knows where
>you're calling from: a man in Calabasas (southwest San Fernando
>Valley, Los Angeles) phoned 911 to warn of a bomb on a flight 750 to
>the Middle East (there's no such flight on any airline from the L.A.
>area, as it turns out).  (deleted for brevity.)

Isn't the system you're describing denoted as 'E911'?  It is _my_
understanding the we have plain old 911 i.e., no location database in
the 814-86x and 814-23x (central PA) exchanges.


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