29 Mar 06 20:07, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>>>> With a cell phone, it's different; you dial the number of the
 RW>>>> country code, 91, the city code, 11 and then the number. Since
 RW>>>> there is no 911 emergency numbers on cellular service,

 ml>>> i can agree with all this up to this last sentence portion...

 RW>> Not wanting to be a nuisance, I've never attempted to use it.
 RW>> When I got Joe's 99.9% surity that only 911 was required, I
 RW>> gave it a shot. Both of you are right.

 ml> no problem... i know that at one time, things were as you stated with
 ml> certain cellular services...

As recently as 2001, as I recall the 911 emergency Nancy and I had in
Kansas that year.

 ml> however, human voices spoke and demanded the same simple usage from
 ml> their cells as they got from their landline ;)

Strange thing is, I tried to dial 911 on my cell in another emergency
situation in 2002 and I didn't get any response. I had to dial the police
7 digit number instead. Yet today, I can dial 911 from the cell and it
works. Maybe it's the different areas, CA vs TX.

 ml> this is also one reason, i believe, why one can now take their
 ml> existing phone number to any other teleco, cellular or landline based
 ml> ;) ;)

I did that from Verizon to Cingular and from CA to TX...I recently changed
my number and should have kept my CA number as TX charges more taxes, and
my bill went up.


Roy
--- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000