-=> On 05-19-06  05:25,  Bob Ackley <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about "Free" emergency num <=-

 DS>   Assume that the people who operate the receiving system are paid $15  
 DS> per hour, which is barely a poverty level wage -- and certainly not  
 DS> one that gets you skilled workers.

 BA> Around here it does, 911 operators average around $10/hr.  
 BA> Wages for technicians
 BA> run from $8.50/hr to about $15.00/hr.  The last job I had 
 BA> paid $12.50/hr (and I
 BA> have two bachelor's degrees and 30+ years experience in data
 BA> processing, both operations and programming).  Simple economics, too
 BA> many  people chasing too few
 BA> jobs - and no, I'm not going to move.

 BA> -!- FleetStreet 1.19+
 BA>  ! Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:2905/3)

  I have to admit that I'm surprised that the wages are that low for
  that sort of job in your area.   I understand that wage levels vary in
  different parts of the country, as do things which affect the cost of
  living -- but had not thought it to be that much.

  That said, my response to Bj”rn only calculated labor costs directly
  attributable to the operators.   There are a lot of other costs.  His
  $600 million figure estimate of revenue for the $0.62 tax per phone is
  not enough to fully fund the system -- just help it.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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