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From: phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller)
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Subject: Re: Can I Be Charged to Have My Number Not Listed?
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Date: 1 Feb 90 18:10:21 GMT
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>.... Police/Fire and other emergency service agencies can short-cut
>this *somewhat* by calling direct to their contact at telco; but even
>then, only selected executives at these agencies know *who* and
>*where* to call at telco; that information is available only on a
>'need-to-know' basis. Most Bell telcos are very dedicated to
>protecting the privacy of their subscribers who have requested it.  PT]

I was under the impression that for some 911 services, that there was
a direct connection of the calling phone number with a database which
immediately provided the address of that phone.  I had assumed that
the content of that database came from the phone company.  In fact, in
an area like St. Louis, with almost 100 different cities in the
city/county 911 area, this type of database is necessary in order to
know how to route the incoming phone call.  Thus it appears to me that
the information is [at least in theory] readily available for the
Police/Fire folk.  Can someone in the know describe how this works in
greater detail?


     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet  (314) 362-3617   phil@wubios.wustl - bitnet
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[Moderator's Note: Under E-911 service (the 'E' means enhanced), the
name, address and telephone number of the caller are available to the
emergency services dispatcher on a terminal in most cases. Coin phones
are indicated as such. Calls passed by the operator do not display the
information, but the operator is supposed to stay on the line and pass
calling number verbally to the dispatcher. But this information only
shows up on *incoming* calls. If the emergency services dispatcher
needs to locate someone for an *outgoing* call, it becomes a bit
harder.
   
For example, the store catches on fire at 2:00 AM....the owner has to
be called at home; but his number is non-pub. Another example: you are
taken to the hospital in an emergency; the identification in your
purse says to call a relative (by name, but no number), and the number
is non-pub. Telco will pass messages like this in an effort to help.   PT]