Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: judice%kyoa.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (I'll be back...) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular and 911 Message-ID: Date: 30 May 89 00:59:39 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 19 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 179, message 3 of 7 I've tried 911 from my cellular phone on MetroOne in Central New Jersey (specifically the I287 corridor from Piscataway to Bedminster) and gotten nothing but "invalid" messages. I have the State Police Edison and Somerville barracks numbers programmed into my phone though. About a year ago, I called to report an accident. The MetroOne Operator did not even have a *listing* for the State Police Edison Barracks (their territory). So I asked for the Totawa Division HQ. They *REFUSED* to report the accident to Edison, and did not have the number handy for the Edison barracks so the operator could call!! I wrote a letter to the State Police, answered by a Captain in their communications division. The letter said, in the future, just use 911. But it did not work, at least up to a few months ago! Nevertheless, with the direct numbers programmed in, it's easy to be a good samaritan now and then... /lou