I bet in Rural Texas they call Smith & Wesson before they call 911.
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From: "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 11/3/2016 10:00:43 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 911
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/
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
