Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: intercon!kdb@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Phone & 911 Message-ID: Date: 25 May 89 23:36:56 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: intercon!kdb@uunet.uu.net Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 12 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 176, message 8 of 8 I have had several occasions to use 911 from my cell phone. On all of them I might as well have not called. It seems that, at least in the Metro DC area, I always get Prince Georges County Police. Even when I am in Virginia. This has caused no end of problems when I was trying to report a serious accident on a little two lane highway that block both lanes. I got routed to PG County in Maryland who told me tough that I would have to get ahold of the proper VA department, they didn't know who are even have a phone number for me to try. Then I called the operator (a person who should know what the VA police's number is) who ended up passing me off to PG County again. After 20 minutes of trying to be a good guy I gave up. Went to a gas station and called it in from there. CellOne could do a better job of pointing calls in the correct direction. Oh well.