| Find out the nitty gritty on prepaid cell
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| | from your home phone, the dispatcher
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| phones and 911 service. Find out what
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| | automatically knows your callback number
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| prepaid cell phone companies are required
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| | and your fixed location. But on a mobile
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| to do and why.
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| | phone, there are some technological
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| Everybody is familiar with 9-1-1 service,
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| | challenges. Fortunately, the cell phone
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| which allows you to easily contact
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| | companies stepped up to the plate and
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| emergency services from your home phone.
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| | came up with a solution. In Phase I of
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| But what about your cell? Emergencies can
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| | the FCC mandate, carriers had to create a
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| happen when you're away from home. And
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| | system that would tell dispatchers the
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| even while you're at home, more
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| | cell phone number of the caller, as well
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| households are moving towards a
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| | as the location of the cell tower, which
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| single-line solution, replacing their
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| | would provide at least an approximate
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| landline phones with mobile.
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| | geographic location. More sophisticated
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| The FCC requires all cellular carriers to
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| | location detection technology uses
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| put through all 9-1-1 calls, even when
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| | GPS-enabled cell phones to determine the
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| the phone does not have an active service
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| | location of the caller in an emergency.
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| contract. Individuals who have medical
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| | Phase II, scheduled to be fully
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| conditions may do well to carry an
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| | implemented by the end of 2005, goes a
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| emergency cell phone, even if they do not
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| | step further by providing Automatic
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| use a cell phone on a regular basis. It
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| | Location Identification (ALI), with
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| is also an ideal solution for the
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| | precise latitude and longitude of the
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| elderly, who may be at risk while out and
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| | caller, to the emergency dispatcher. This
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| about. Keeping an emergency cell phone in
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| | capability has been incorporated into
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| the car's glove compartment, along with a
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| | many newer cell phones, but there are
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| portable charger, can help avert a
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| | still older cell phones still in use. If
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| disaster in case of a breakdown or
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| | you plan to use your cell phone as an
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| accident in a remote area.
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| | emergency backup, make sure you have a
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| The so-called E911 (enhanced 911)
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| | newer "location-sensitive" phone that is
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| service, mandated by the FCC, also
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| | equipped to handle this service.
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| requires carriers to implement a system
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| | There is no charge for calling 9-1-1 from
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| that tells emergency dispatchers the
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| | a cell phone; the E911 infrastructure is
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| location of the caller. This has been a
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| | paid for with a small surcharge on normal
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| part of landline emergency services for
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| | cell phone services.
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| several years, and when you call 9-1-1
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