a rant. :D

[labile]

I put this rant previously in a community (as a comment to someone else's post), but unfortunately that post was deleted. So! You all get the pleasure of hearing my rant

Comments

[bishop186]

I never really thought that the cellphone would give much of any information in the first place, but that's an interesting look into how the 911 system works. It's crazy and a bit scary that some services don't even support the 3-digit 911 number.

[labile]

They were actually required by law to offer 911 after several people were killed trying to dial 911 on their cable phones and getting nothing.

There's one riveting phone call where a cable phone reached a 911 service in an entirely different state, and the poor girl on the phone had to listen to her parents being killed downstairs while she tried to understand why 911 wasn't coming to help. The entire family was slaughtered.

[rosesnthorns65]

...yikes.

[bishop186]

O_o;; Crazy.

[vareness]

That's a fantastic post. I'm actually going to be forwarding this information in emails to my family and friends. This is very important and valuable information--people need to know that they can't depend on their cellphone number being easily traced or that 911 can help them if they don't say anything.

[labile]

Hollywood has played up the misconception so much that people think the world is capable of things that are only meant as embellishments or fantasy. :\

[lutine]

If my cell phone company has a general policy of say, requiring it be life-and-death, can I tell them specifically that if my number ever gets pulled up, I personally want them to give you guys my address no matter what?

[labile]

I honestly don't know. I'd say call them and speak to their security department... but I'm not sure they'd be able to accommodate you. :\

[me_ninjakitty]

i wonder if it's the same sort of thing in Austrlia...

[fear_lurks]

Australia?

I've heard the biggest problem in Australia is that people dial 911 (or 999 or some other overseas number) and wonder why they can't get through. The emergency number is 000, or 112 if you're calling off certain mobile phones. Not anything else.

[me_ninjakitty]

it's really well advertised that is 000 here so i think who ever was telling you that was wrong. hell even a three year old knows it's 000 here.

[fear_lurks]

Yup. It's both from a mobile phone. I looked it up to make sure.

http://www.emergencycalls.aca.gov.au/calling_emergency_services_from_mobiles.htm

[c_eagle]

Very helpful.. thank you!