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Originally Posted by Schroeder
You have to pay to call 911 in the US? Here in Germany all emergency numbers are for free.  |
Slight misunderstanding due to my poor choice of words. The call is free - of course. I was speaking in terms of millions of dollars spent on the 9-1-1 equipment. Our state is broke, the voters in my county voted DOWN replacing the 20+ year old equipment.
Problem:
If your phone service is VOIP based, you come up on the the fire/police screen as "UN-KWOWN". They have no clue who and where you are calling from. Example: the people that fall the Comcast marketing gimmick, cable TV, Internet, and telphone service become un-kwown at the 9-1-1 centers. So instead of improving response times, they are regressing ... gradually.