“No one suffering from an emergency expects to be greeted by a recording when they dial 911. Yet 911 callers in Caddo County, Oklahoma were unable to reach a human operator for months in 2013. According to the FCC, Hinton officials explained that ‘in August 2002, the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office specifically declined to accept 911 calls from its Caddo County customers due to a lack of personnel and resources, and that the only feasible means of routing 911 calls was to direct such calls to a live AT&T operator for connection to a list of county emergency offices provided to the live operator by Hinton.’ Hinton was caught unaware when AT&T discontinued the live operator service.”
Related posts:
Graphic: How Just 6 Corps Own 90% of The Media
Developers Scramble to Build NSA-Proof Email
The Spy in Your Pocket
The first-ever 3D-printed battery is less than 1mm wide
Govt Lawyers: Americans Have No Right to Challenge Surveillance
A Short Interview With Blockchain.info Investor Roger Ver
"Startup Cities," Honduras, and Experiments in Freedom
Americans Are Voting with Their Feet for Economic Freedom
Part-Time Employment as a Share of Total Employment
Former Microsoft exec plans high-end marijuana business
Cheers! California Winery Unveils Marijuana-Infused Wine
'Syrian rebels plan chem attack on Israel from Assad-controlled territories'
Adam Brandon - NSA Spying in the Spotlight
Lew Rockwell: The First 30 Years of the Mises Institute, and the Future
Liberland: utopian tax-free micronation or state of mind?