I disagree. Critical is a function of dependence of order as a whole. If 911 where not to work how many citizens would know the other number that one would need to dial. In the case of a heart attack one could lose precious minutes resulting in death.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:18 PM, John Osmon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josmon@rigozsaurus.com">josmon@rigozsaurus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 11:00:35AM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">> So...no need for 911 then?<br>
<br>
</div>In actuality -- no. No need for 911 as such.<br>
<br>
911 (and other equivalents) are just "shortcuts" across another<br>
infrastructure. The end application is a voice channel into<br>
a centralized dispatch center.<br>
<br>
In my hometown, there are several numbers to call that get you<br>
to the same dispatch center. 911 is just one that is easy<br>
to recall. The dispatch center has redundancy/resilancy on<br>
the telephony infrastructure -- so I'm reasonably assured<br>
that I can get and "open channel" to the dispath center if/when<br>
I need to do so.<br>
<br>
It's likely that I'm rare -- a citizen that is willing to ensure that<br>
they know how to get a hold of the dispatch center by dialing something<br>
other than '911'.<br>
<br>
Is 911 critical? No, not in my personal view. It's a helpful layer,<br>
but in a genuine emergency, I can function fine without it.<br>
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