[Cialug] OT: Any good reason not to kill land phone line?

[albus]

AFAIK all Cell providers had to have gps and 911 coverage a couple of years ago.
If they can't finger out where it is by GPS they triangulate it off towers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Pohl" <tom at tcpconsulting.com>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Any good reason not to kill land phone line?


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 911 still works if you
discontinue land line phone service.   You don't really want the
babysitter calling anyone else anyway :)

-Tom

On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Claus Niesen wrote:

>>> The two reasons that I don't drop my land line are:
>>> 1) Having a phone available for the babysitter in case of emergency.
>>
>> I'm betting your babysitter has a more advanced cell phone than  you :-)
>
> Since Afan mentiones that he has kids, not sure what age though,  the baby sitter is a thing to keep in mind.  Baby sitters may or 
> may not have a phone and they might have the coolest phone on earth  but use a crappy plan.  Our US Cellular phone works fine in 
> our  house, even from the basement but our pre-pay T-Mobil doesn't even  get a connection.  That's in the city limit of Ames even. 
> Also 911  has a harder time locating your house if the call is from a cell  phone.  So you might consider keeping a landline for 
> the same  reason you keep a fire extinguisher.  You have one, don't you?
>
>   Claus
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