Holy crap! :/ On Nov 3, 2016 8:47 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We work on a number of 911 "centers" out here in rural Texas. What most > people don't know is in the hinter lands out here the same person that > takes care of the jail inmates, monitors, feeds, and watches over them, > that person is also the person answering calls and dispatching first > responders. So if they are tending to something in the jail they are not by > the phone. Not that it is a huge issue but the perception is that someone > is standing over the phone waiting for it to ring. Around here, that is not > the case. If two calls come in at the same time one of you rings or gets a > message. > Those systems are not redundant either. > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:17 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So people are all up in arms about (well, maybe more relevant 10 years >> ago) about VoIP and 911 reliability. >> >> That's assuming the 911 service is even operational. >> >> http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/11/02/911-board- >> calls-for-redundancy-after-outage/acd4nl/ >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> >
