Re: 911:: Digest Number 2021

[Guest guest]

Family wrote:

>Not in Illinois. I disconnected my landline when my wife and I both got

>cell phones. SBC (phone company) made it a point to tell me once the

>disconnect is complete I will have no phone service in my house. I had a

>phone plugged in upstairs after the disconnect and there was no dial tone or

>anything.

>

>Jim

>Mr 911

>TriCom

>

>

> Re: 911:: Digest Number 2021

>

>

>

>

>>

>>

>>I've heard in the past that there is some government ruling that once a

>>phone is connected, it can't be rendered unusable for emergency numbers.

>>If your phone service is disconnected and you no longer have a dialtone for

any reason, you can still plug in a phone and dial 911 even without a dialtone.

I believe that cell phones might fall under the same guidelines.I don't have any

source to quote or cite for this but it's possible that the phone company may

not be able to block a phone from making emergency calls.

>>Bob L.

>>

>>

I think that if your phone is disconnected for none payment, you can't

receive calls or make calls, only to 911. In California with SBC a quick

dial tone (if I remember what our ANI/ALI shows). If we get a 911 hang

up from one of these phones we must send someone out, because we can't

call them back.

Mike

--

miked911@...

Mike Derryberry

Dispatcher II

Kern County Sheriff's Department

Bakersfield, CA

Listen to my department:

http://war.str3am.com:7300/listen.pls

Listen to Kern County Scanning:

http://war.str3am.com:7460/listen.pls

[Guest guest]

Michigan has the " express dial tone " after disconnect, you can call 9-1-1

and the phone co sales office. It's a big pain because there is no address

for hang ups so we have to call for the address. Hate to see the day when

there is a true emergency and we can't find the house. . .

Roscommon Co (MI) Central Dispatch

[Guest guest]

I know in my area after disconnect you can dial 9-1-1 for up to two weeks I

think. We have people calling 9-1-1 and tell us they had the phone shut

off, could you please transfer me to my mom.

Jim

Columbus Police

Columbus Ohio

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the tip Randy. I will look into it. . .

Re: 911:: Digest Number 2021

> ,

>

> We raised enough cain that Verizon now provides address to us on EDT in

our

> data base. My guess is they could do the same for you if properly

motivated

> (still can't call back but it's something).

>

> Randy Mace

>