21 May 06 10:33, Dale Shipp wrote to Bob Ackley:

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

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

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

Top pay for that kind of job here in south Texas is about the same. About
twice that amount in southern California.


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

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


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 DS> 2006
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