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FCC Plan Would Allow 911 to Accept Texts, Photographs, Videos (pcmag.com)
2 points by boh on Aug 11, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"(...) Unless there is a way to couple geocoding with all sms messages sent to a 911 call center then I can't see this working the way lawmakers intend,"

I don't get it; they have the cellphone number, can't they just ask the carrier to track its location? What more do they need?




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