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Posted by on November 21, 2007, 5:19 pm
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> If you can't get dial-tone at the local C.O. you can't call _anywhere_
> If you can't get get a trunk out of the C.O. you can't call remote.
> If there's no free trunk _into_ the 911 center, you can't call _them_.
Ok, given that, how do suburban areas today, which have enormous
population growth, deal with such issues? Those areas never had fire
call boxes.
And what about the many cities that have removed their callboxes?
I can't help but wonder that the huge decline in price of electronic
equipment has enabled the basic landline phonecos to have far more
spare capacity than it once did. Years ago it was simply too
expensive to waste trunks and switchgear, no longer. (Same reason a
$500 PC today is many times more powerful than a $2,000 PC of 25 years
ago). Thus, I think the occurences of no dial tone or lack of trunks
would be extremely rare today.
Having a 911 center overwhelmed with incoming calls is another story.
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