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- From: DLEIBOLD@VM1.YorkU.CA (David Leibold)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Bell Canada Proposes Extended 911 Service (For a Price)
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- Date: 7 Jan 93 05:15:05 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 12, Message 3 of 13
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- {The Toronto Star} reports that Bell Canada has applied to bring 911
- service throughout Ontario (and not just certain municipalities that
- elect to have the service, as is currently the case). Bell proposes
- that customers be charged 30 cents per month as part of the local
- monthly service, though.
-
- 70% of residences in Ontario have access to 911 at present, paid for
- by municipalities involved. If approved, the extended 911 service
- would be installed within five years. Municipalities would still have
- to staff response centres and connections to emergency services, if
- they join the 911 service.
-
- There are occasional cases outside of 911-serviced territory where
- calls to 911 are attempted, but fail. In those areas, the operator is
- normally able to handle emergency calls, but the lack of universal 911
- service can be dangerous for the unwary.
-
-
- dleibold@vm1.yorku.ca
-