On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Justin Scott <leviathan@darktech.org> wrote:

I live in Sarasota and got an e-mail press release from the Sheriff's Office this morning about this (linked below).  I haven't seen any additional information come out yet.

http://sarasotasheriff.org/press_detail.asp?R=12-037

I live in Sarasota too; no more details as of yet. In other news that press release is a little concerning: "It is important to note, cell phones do not automatically provide a location, so be aware of where you are calling from when dialing 9-1-1." Is Sarasota County not E911 phase 2 compliant? -- Kristian Kielhofner

It now occurs to me that you probably already knew that. Apologies. Daniel Wolf -----Original Message----- From: outages-bounces@outages.org [mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Wolf Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:03 PM To: Kristian Kielhofner; Justin Scott Cc: outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] 911 in Sarasota County, FL My understanding is that the E911 location lock can take some time and is not always super accurate. Something I read in a Slashdot post years ago, though.

From Wikipedia: E911 Phase 2 95% of a network operator's in-service phones must be E911 compliant ("location capable") by December 31, 2005. (Several carriers missed this deadline, and were fined by the FCC.[4]) Wireless network operators must provide the latitude and longitude of callers within 300 meters, within six minutes of a request by a PSAP.[5] Accuracy rates must meet FCC standards on average within any given participating PSAP service area by September 11, 2012 (deferred from September 11, 2008).[6]

Daniel Wolf -----Original Message----- From: outages-bounces@outages.org [mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org] On Behalf Of Kristian Kielhofner Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:32 PM To: Justin Scott Cc: outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] 911 in Sarasota County, FL On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Justin Scott <leviathan@darktech.org> wrote:

I live in Sarasota and got an e-mail press release from the Sheriff's Office this morning about this (linked below).  I haven't seen any additional information come out yet.

http://sarasotasheriff.org/press_detail.asp?R=12-037

I live in Sarasota too; no more details as of yet. In other news that press release is a little concerning: "It is important to note, cell phones do not automatically provide a location, so be aware of where you are calling from when dialing 9-1-1." Is Sarasota County not E911 phase 2 compliant? -- Kristian Kielhofner _______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages _______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages