[ale] OT: plethora of cell phones

[jknapka at earthlink.net (Joe)]

Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> writes:

> Mike Lockhart wrote:
> > Any cellphone or landline phone, with service or not, its mandated by
> > the FCC to provide 911 service.  You can walk in to a 40 year old house
> > that has not service on its lines, plug up a phone, and promptly call
> > 911.
> 
> I would beg to differ on the 40 year old house.  If you do not have
> dialtone, you will not get connected to anything.
 
If you plug a phone into a landline with no service, you *should*
get dialtone. If you dial anything but 911, you get the local
phone company's service representative. (At least that's how
it worked in the last two locations I've lived, El Paso, TX and
LaGrange, GA.)

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka
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