RE: cell phones (was RE: Radio)

From: Armas, Earl A (PB-eaarmas) (EAARMAS@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Apr 21 1998 - 15:07:52 PDT

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From: "Armas, Earl A (PB-eaarmas)" <EAARMAS@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis>
To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: RE: cell phones (was RE: Radio)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:07:52 -0700
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I tried this last night on my old analog phone and it works!
Although the "mobile 911" operator wasnt too happy when
I asked if she could connect me to the Coast Guard if this
were an emergency in the water.

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> From: alain@wave.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis[SMTP:alain@wave.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 2:04 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: cell phones (was RE: Radio)
>
>
> > From: Jonathan Hahn <hahn@and.com-DeleteThis>
> >
> > I went to a cell phone place and asked if I could buy a used phone
> > for this purpose. He told me that 911 works sometimes on a phone
> > that's not active, but not always and can't be depended on.
> Granted,
> > he's a salesman, but I'd want more assurance it would work before
> > going this route.
>
> Well, you can always try calling 911 on it to test it out. By law
> companies
> are required to carry 911 calls even from de-activated phones. My
> guess is
> that salesman don't really want to get a cheap phone and for you to
> use this
> 'loophole'. They would much rather have you buy a service...
>
> >
> > There's still a $10 "friend's" plan where you can get an active cell
> > phone for $10 as a second unit on an existing account. I'm thinking
> > of going this route. You just need to know someone with a cell
> > phone.
> >
> > -jon
>
> yes, I've been thinking abiout this too. The down side is that it
> better be a
> very good friend as that person needs to sign the contract with you
> and gets
> the bill too (one bill with both phone nunbers), which will rack up if
> you
> actually start using the phone.
>
> By advice is to get a phone from a friend who has upgraded his
> (upgrade from
> a free analog phone to digital for example) and use that de-activaated
> one for
> 911 calls. Down side is you can't use it if you car breaks down for
> example
> (not a real emergency, yet you can get quite stranded)...
>
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