On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:57:00AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > Moreover, whenever I turn up or even start servicing an existing > > system, I call 911 and tell the operator that I am "the telephone guy" > > and that I wanted to confirm that they have the proper name and > > address for that number. > > I have heard that you should do this by calling the 9-1-1 line > directly, and that you should call the PSAP on a toll line (which, I > guess, you should "just know") to confirm the ALI. > > How do those calls go when you do them, Steve? > > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 > e24 > St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 > 1274 > > Those who cast the vote decide nothing. > Those who count the vote decide everything. > -- (Joseph Stalin) >
The calls go well with 911. A few times, the operator seemed slightly annoyed but in the DC/Balto area, they are overworked and understaffed. http://www.911dispatch.com/info/fact_figures.html # 1,296 PSAPs are staffed by a single, on-duty dispatcher (NENA, 2003) # Washington (DC) receives 1.8 million 911 calls per year, Los Angeles 5 million, Baltimore (MD) 1.7 million The customer is almost always in shock when I make the call but I feel it goes a long way to show that you are not just concerned with selling a system and making a buck, you actually care about their wellbeing. The six or seven that had the wrong information, the customers were very thankful that I the testing. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz