Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 25 Jun 91 10:54:19 EDT From: S M Krieger Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Emergency Calls (was Operator Busy Break-In) Message-ID: Organization: Summit NJ Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 489, Message 4 of 12 Lines: 23 > [Moderator's Note: Your telephone book pretty accurately describes an > 'emergency'. Examples perhaps you could understand: Your neighbor's > phone is out of order; they knock on your door and ask you to call the > Fire Department. You refuse, because your single line is engaged on > another call. You are at work using the phone and your landlord or > neighbor calls to say YOUR house caught fire. You are using a pay > phone on the street corner. There is an autombile accident and one of > the victims asks you to get off the phone so they can call the police > or ambulance. Good enough examples for you? PAT] Is this stretching the point a bit? As I used to read the "emergency" rule, it seemed to be intended for party-line service. When/how was it extended to single line service or public phones? Stan Krieger All opinions, advice, or suggestions, even AT&T UNIX System Laboratories if related to my employment, are my own and Summit, NJ do not represent any public or private smk@usl.com policies of my employer.