On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:17:54PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > How do those calls go when you do them, Steve? > > The calls go well with 911. A few times, the operator seemed slightly > annoyed but in the DC/Balto area, they are overworked and > understaffed. > > http://www.911dispatch.com/info/fact_figures.html > > # 1,296 PSAPs are staffed by a single, on-duty dispatcher (NENA, 2003) > # Washington (DC) receives 1.8 million 911 calls per year, Los Angeles > 5 million, Baltimore (MD) 1.7 million > > The customer is almost always in shock when I make the call but I feel > it goes a long way to show that you are not just concerned with > selling a system and making a buck, you actually care about their > wellbeing. The six or seven that had the wrong information, the > customers were very thankful that I the testing.
Ok. So what do you *say*, in reply to "what is your emergency?" (Around here, they *really* don't want you calling to check on movie times. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
