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| Please! Take it from a 14 year veteran of 911, don't be doing this.
Call the non emergency number and ask, or better yet, call your cell
provider and ask them. Before the advent of cellphones, we hated
Christmas eve & day, because everyone would get a new cordless phone
that had an emergency number on it, they would press it and when we
answered they would hang up, or say they were just testing it. It
would tie up the 911 lines all morning. Since the advent of cell
phones, you wouldn't believe the increase in 911 traffic now that just
about everyone has a cellphone.
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:40:04 GMT, "Godzilla Pimp" <me7@privacy.net>
wrote:
>I just made a test call and they said all they could tell me is what tower
>was on. I have a GPS phone and Page Plus, which sells Verizon minutes.
>
>Have you tested your E911? They won't get mad at you if you say right off
>that it is a test.
>
>GP
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| Thanks for the confirmation Rusty but I think it's pretty
clear this guy could care less about anyone else.
-Quick
Rusty wrote:[color=darkred
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> Please! Take it from a 14 year veteran of 911, don't be
> doing this. Call the non emergency number and ask, or
> better yet, call your cell provider and ask them. Before
> the advent of cellphones, we hated Christmas eve & day,
> because everyone would get a new cordless phone that had
> an emergency number on it, they would press it and when
> we answered they would hang up, or say they were just
> testing it. It would tie up the 911 lines all morning.
> Since the advent of cell phones, you wouldn't believe the
> increase in 911 traffic now that just about everyone has
> a cellphone.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:40:04 GMT, "Godzilla Pimp"
> <me7@privacy.net> wrote:
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| danny burstein 2006-02-21, 2:48 am |
| In < cl3lv1tcprhaic9fnvv4
m1h1jk6iri3ir4@4ax.com> Rusty <p51d007@hotmail.com> writes:
>Please! Take it from a 14 year veteran of 911, don't be doing this.
Just because you work(ed?) for a PSAP [a] that was
run by brain dead folk who starved it for funds
(despite, in many areas, a very specic phone
tax supposedely dedicated for this purpose)
doesn't mean the rest of the country does so.
>would tie up the 911 lines all morning. Since the advent of cell
>phones, you wouldn't believe the increase in 911 traffic now that just
>about everyone has a cellphone.
Sniff, sniff. So just maybe, maybe, the people who
fund those centers should increase the staffing?
[a] PSAP = public safety answering position = the 911 center
>On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:40:04 GMT, "Godzilla Pimp" <me7@privacy.net>
>wrote:
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| danny burstein wrote:
> In < cl3lv1tcprhaic9fnvv4
m1h1jk6iri3ir4@4ax.com> Rusty
> <p51d007@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> Just because you work(ed?) for a PSAP [a] that was
> run by brain dead folk who starved it for funds
> (despite, in many areas, a very specic phone
> tax supposedely dedicated for this purpose)
> doesn't mean the rest of the country does so.
>
>
> Sniff, sniff. So just maybe, maybe, the people who
> fund those centers should increase the staffing?
"The people who fund those centers"? that would
be you, right? How much are *you* willing to contribute
so brainless, self centered jerks can call to say
"testing, testing"?
-Quick
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| danny burstein 2006-02-21, 5:48 am |
| In <wnzKf.59349$PL5.58430@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:
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>"The people who fund those centers"? that would
>be you, right? How much are *you* willing to contribute
>so brainless, self centered jerks can call to say
>"testing, testing"?
Why don't you take a look at the "911 fee" on
your telephone bills, and then ask your local
governments how much of that they're actually
kicking over to the PSAP?
In the vast majority of the country, it's
just a pitifully small fraction.
Just like your brain.
Move along now, everyone else. Nothing to
see here. unless you've got a magnifying
glass and want to see the earlier poster's
brain.
I've got better things to do than waste
ay more time with him.
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| Justin 2006-02-21, 5:48 pm |
| danny burstein wrote on [Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:34:18 +0000 (UTC)]:
> In < cl3lv1tcprhaic9fnvv4
m1h1jk6iri3ir4@4ax.com> Rusty <p51d007@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> Sniff, sniff. So just maybe, maybe, the people who
> fund those centers should increase the staffing?
Ignorant selfish cunt
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| danny burstein wrote:
> In <wnzKf.59349$PL5.58430@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>
> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:
>
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> Why don't you take a look at the "911 fee" on
> your telephone bills, and then ask your local
> governments how much of that they're actually
> kicking over to the PSAP?
>
> In the vast majority of the country, it's
> just a pitifully small fraction.
So? So what? What does that have to do with
swamping whatever emergency resources there
are with "testing, testing"? If you think they are
understaffed due to misdirection of funds that's
a separate issue. If you think they should staff
to the levels necessary for all the kids to call to
hear their phone work that's a separate issue.
Is this your way of getting back at them because
you think your mandatory fees are being misused?
You're going to screw up the system and screw
over your neighbor to show those jerks who are
misusing your taxes?
That's pretty much how the terrorists reason isn't it?
Let's blow up some farmers to teach those beaurocrats
a lesson.
-Quick
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| George 2006-02-21, 5:48 pm |
| danny burstein wrote:
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> Why don't you take a look at the "911 fee" on
> your telephone bills, and then ask your local
> governments how much of that they're actually
> kicking over to the PSAP?
If thats your beef you need to contact the appropriate officials and ask
them and not the 911 operator. If you don't care for the answer fire
them in the next election.
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| Robert 2006-02-21, 11:48 pm |
| On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:44:36 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
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>Move along now, everyone else. Nothing to
>see here. unless you've got a magnifying
>glass and want to see the earlier poster's
>brain.
>
>I've got better things to do than waste
>ay more time with him.
This I agree with - please, no feeding the trolls.
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| Isaiah Beard 2006-02-22, 5:48 pm |
| danny burstein wrote:
> Sniff, sniff. So just maybe, maybe, the people who
> fund those centers should increase the staffing?
Sure! I jsut hope, danny, that you've NEVER, EVER complained about your
taxes going up. Because remember, to hire more staff, the local
governments need $money$. And that money doesn't grow on trees.
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| Isaiah Beard 2006-02-22, 5:48 pm |
| danny burstein wrote:
> Why don't you take a look at the "911 fee" on
> your telephone bills, and then ask your local
> governments how much of that they're actually
> kicking over to the PSAP?
>
> In the vast majority of the country, it's
> just a pitifully small fraction.
And do you really think that if you demand that they kcik in MORE of
that amount to actually funding the 911 center, that this tax is just
going to magically stay the same amount?
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| danny burstein 2006-02-22, 11:48 pm |
| In < 11vpjkq953l66cb@corp
.supernews.com> Isaiah Beard < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
t.com> writes:
>danny burstein wrote:
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>Sure! I jsut hope, danny, that you've NEVER, EVER complained about your
>taxes going up. Because remember, to hire more staff, the local
>governments need $money$. And that money doesn't grow on trees.
The problem is .. that gov'ts have added all sorts
of "911 fees" and surchages to wireline and wireless
telephones, claiming that this money was going to
be used for setting up PSAPs with e-911.
(Leaving aside the larger argument that such functions
should be paid for out of general tax revenue, the same
way that, for example, snow removal is...)
Yet, if you look at just about every case, the moneis
gobbled up in this manner are simply put into the
general gov't budget, and only _fractionally_ handed
over to the PSAP function.
If all that money was, indeed, passed through the way
it's claimed (and again, leaving aside the bigger issue),
the PSAPs and their connections would be the envy of the world.
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| danny burstein wrote:
> In < 11vpjkq953l66cb@corp
.supernews.com> Isaiah Beard
> < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
t.com> writes:
>
>
>
>
> The problem is .. that gov'ts have added all sorts
> of "911 fees" and surchages to wireline and wireless
> telephones, claiming that this money was going to
> be used for setting up PSAPs with e-911.
>
> (Leaving aside the larger argument that such functions
> should be paid for out of general tax revenue, the same
> way that, for example, snow removal is...)
>
> Yet, if you look at just about every case, the moneis
> gobbled up in this manner are simply put into the
> general gov't budget, and only _fractionally_ handed
> over to the PSAP function.
>
> If all that money was, indeed, passed through the way
> it's claimed (and again, leaving aside the bigger issue),
> the PSAPs and their connections would be the envy of the
> world.
Gee, that's great. Now explain again how that makes it
OK to call 911 as much as you want to test your phone?
That is what you gave as a justification before.
-Quick
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| danny burstein 2006-02-23, 2:48 am |
| In <etbLf.15988$2O6.15034@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:
[ snip ]
>Gee, that's great. Now explain again how that makes it
>OK to call 911 as much as you want to test your phone?
>That is what you gave as a justification before.
Sorry fella, but your inability to understand
basic politics, economics, and english 1-0-1 no
longer interests me. Have fun playing to your mirror.
Well, I'm not really sorry.
Oh, and you might learn some basics about
editing followup posts. Or not.
Bye. I wish I could say it was fun, but you're
not even amusing anymore.
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| Justin 2006-02-23, 5:48 pm |
| danny burstein wrote on [Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:23:37 +0000 (UTC)]:
> In <etbLf.15988$2O6.15034@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:
> [ snip ]
>
>
>
> Sorry fella, but your inability to understand
> basic politics, economics, and english 1-0-1 no
> longer interests me. Have fun playing to your mirror.
In other words, it doesn't justify it
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