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Default Calling 911 on cell phones. OT

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:57:28 -0500, Sky >
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>On 6/24/2014 9:20 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> >

>(snip) calling 911 with cellphones
>>
>> Its not the first time its happened in America either. I know of one
>> woman lost in a national park, she dialled 911 and kept being put
>> through to the wrong office. They eventually found her dead.

>
>I thought cellphones had GPS locators when they were used to call
>emergency numbers. That way, the 911 operators could locate their
>specific locations via GPS (?). Seems I'm incorrect about that ?


That I don't know, I'm not familiar with U.S phone systems. But in her
case at least, she had problems getting put through to the right
office (or whatever they call it).