Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Does 976 Know Who You Are? Message-ID: <4542@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 1 Mar 90 03:57:40 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 30 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 134, Message 6 of 11 ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!hkhenson@uunet.uu.net (Keith Henson) writes: > I know that 911 calls read out the address of the calling location, is > this a different service? This is ancient technology. In fact, word has it that Santa Clara county's system runs in a PDP-11! (Telephonically speaking, we always try to remain on the cutting edge of technology--there's some disagreement about which edge :-) Anyway, this system is simply sent the ANI data from each CO in the area covered. This information is then fed to a lookup table and the name and address of the customer appear on the screen of the dispatcher. > This feature is a pain in the neck sometimes. You report a domestic > violence case, and the cops beat on *your* door first, and then wonder > over to the disturbance, making it clear who called them. If, for any reason, you don't want your address and number to be revealed, simply call the POTS emergency number listed in the front of your phone book. If there isn't one listed, dial the "0" operator and ask to be connected to the appropriate agency (assuming you have an emergency). John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !