Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: ronnie@eddie.mit.edu (Ron Schnell) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: More 911 cellular experience Message-ID: Date: 30 May 89 06:06:40 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: MIT EE/CS Computer Facility, Cambridge, MA Lines: 30 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 4 of 7 Last week I was driving in Los Angeles and I came upon an overturned van. The accident had occured within the previous two minutes so I figured I would call 911 to make sure that the proper people knew about it. The conversation went something like this: Woman's voice: Mobile 911 emergency, what freeway are you calling from? Me: I'm not calling from a freeway, I'm on Westwood Blvd in Westwood, there is an overturned van in the intersection. Woman: Are there any injuries? Me: Possibly, there are people trying to pry someone out of it. Woman: Hold on, I will transfer you to L.A. Police. (Several clicks later a phone started ringing and continued to ring about 10 times) Finally... Another woman's voice: please hold... (I could then hear her talking in the background): "How many people? ... What time? And you say you had a reservation?" Woman (to me): Restaurant may I help you? By the time I finally redialed and got through to the right people, I was informed that they already knew about it. And no, I didn't make a reservation. #Ron -- #Ron (ronnie@mit-eddie.{UUCP,ARPA}) Home: (914) 352 - 7694