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Re: "Emergency service only"

From danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Newsgroups alt.cellular, alt.home.repair
Subject Re: "Emergency service only"
Date 2015-06-17 02:59 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <mlqnqa$ie6$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
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>>It is because you can connect to a tower, but not the one from your 
>>service provider.  Happens once in a while depending on where you are. 
>>You can reach 91, but not other numbers.

>Aha.  That accounts for everything.   Thanks for your wise advice. 

Just to expand on this a bit. Per FCC regs, if your phone
can physically connect to a cellular system (right frequencies,
strength, ptotocols), then even if you don't have an account
with that company (or in the case of a SIM card phone, even
if the card is missing...) then the cellco will let you
make a 911 call.

So if you've got an account with company A and you're
broken down on the highway in the middle of nowhere,
and the only signal is from comapny D, then you won't
be able to call AAA or your brother-in-law, but you
will be able to reach 911.


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"Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-16 17:55 -0400
  Re: "Emergency service only" "Terry Coombs" <snag_one@msn.com> - 2015-06-16 19:28 -0500
    Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-16 21:21 -0400
      Re: "Emergency service only" "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2015-06-16 21:39 -0400
        Re: "Emergency service only" Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2015-06-17 12:09 -0500
          Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-17 14:28 -0400
            Re: "Emergency service only" Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2015-06-18 10:38 -0500
    Re: "Emergency service only" sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2015-06-18 07:00 -0700
      Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-18 18:20 -0400
  Re: "Emergency service only" Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.net> - 2015-06-16 21:50 -0400
    Re: "Emergency service only" "Terry Coombs" <snag_one@msn.com> - 2015-06-16 21:53 -0500
    Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-16 22:54 -0400
      Re: "Emergency service only" danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2015-06-17 02:59 +0000
        Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-18 03:01 -0400
          Re: "Emergency service only" Stormin Mormon <cayoung61@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-18 07:40 -0400
          Re: "Emergency service only" "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2015-06-18 10:35 -0400
            Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-18 21:23 -0400
        Re: "Emergency service only" sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2015-06-18 07:08 -0700
          Re: "Emergency service only" danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2015-06-18 15:29 +0000
            Re: "Emergency service only" Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2015-06-18 14:16 -0500
          Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-18 18:34 -0400
  Re: "Emergency service only" Tekkie® <Tekkie@comcast.net> - 2015-06-17 16:18 -0400
  Re: "Emergency service only" sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2015-06-18 06:58 -0700
    Re: "Emergency service only" micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-18 18:28 -0400

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