Posted on 09/12/2016 7:02:46 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
“It’s possible the 911 system has an error that incorrectly populates your number when a neighbor calls 911.”
I did not know 911 was guessing at street addresses on cell calls. That will turn out badly .
The OP said the phone co recorded the call as land line from his house through their switching facility. A cell call isn’t routed that way.
Thanks.
The police may have attempted to call back. . . but our phone only rings once, if at all, with incoming calls. The line is apparently subject to distortion so that subsequent rings are lost. As a result, we do not pick up.
My day job is customer service using the phone, so I screen calls and do not relish inbound calls after work hours. The static/distortion has been a problem even with caller ID going into effect.
We did not have rain yesterday, so I do not think that’s the issue. We do often lose DSL when precipitation takes place. The wires into and throughout this place are over 20 years old. May be time for an overhaul.
This cordless set is a PanasonicKX-TGA101S. It has served us well over the years. Got new batteries for the handset this year. As another poster mentioned . . . it’s really time to resolve the line issue.
At the same time, if this is happening more often to more people, it gives pause. Which is to say, maybe there is a prankster on a larger scale who is intent on creating chaos by tying up emergency resources.
You are correct, but if there is an error in the database, the wrong address can show up in the answering center. In my case, it populated my business landline number instead of a cell number because the cell tower address was incorrectly entered into the system. I finally reported the problem to the lieutenant over the 911 system. It took several months, but they finally corrected the error.
A little later the County Sheriff pulled up in my driveway and asked: "Where's the emergency?"
I pulled the phone out of my back pocket, looked at the last called number and sheepishly said: "Dang, sorry..."
He laughed, told me to quit butt-dialing 9-11 and left.
Dayum I was embarrassed.
The police came to our door and said someone called 911. Our 5 year old granddaughter finally fessed up. 10 minutes later they were back. Yep, she called 911 again.
Rotary dial services ability still exist on many carriers. It could be possible that the static you are hearing is an indication of bad phone wires or connections. They could be shorting and opening in such a way as to be dialing random numbers. Maybe even occasionally equating to 911. Which would only take a 3 digit sequence.
I do not keep a separate log, but can recall things much better than Hillary can. Frontier has assigned a “ticket.” In fact, when I called today they referenced a prior one or two. I’m not really impressed so far. I’ve been their customer ever since they bumped Verizon as my local purveyor. The alternatives (Comcast, Sprint, Verizon) each have their drawbacks.
Will take your advice, however. The situation is getting old.
If your limes are that dirty, yes, get them fixed first.
There are some diagnostics you can find on the net that you can run using a phone jack on your computer. They measure line quality, and will give you a reading of how bad it is. Then, check after every repair to see if better. A bad jack in the house, even one not in use can cause line noise. Hook your computer directly to the demark first to eliminate any problem in the house itself, then move inside.
If the problem is not in your house, you will have to build a fire under your phone company, including a written complaint to your state’s utility commission.
Once the line is clean, get a new cordless phone. The frequency specs changed in the last 10 years or so, and the old stuff just isn’t as accurate as the new gear.
It happened to us a couple of times, they teach preschoolers about 911. The police show up, the little one denies it until you catch them red handed. If the police get 3 calls in an hour, they show up all tactical.
what you have with a cordless phone and any other 2.4 ghz i believe (i’m no expert) is a radio transmitter and receiver. a neighbor or someone could find the frequency and use your phone. http://nutsaboutnets.com/faqs/faq-optimally-configure/
No.
Just my 2yo son actually picking up the cord phone and hitting the right buttons, then replacing it.
Had no idea until the policeman knocked on my door, and my son was never “grabby”!
The cell phone I have can be password protected. But if you do so then the only thing it can do is dial 911 without a password. So on the touch screen they put a huge button to dial 911. You can’t fail to bump it by accident, and once you do then there is no going back. No “are your sure” or anything. I am forced to use the phone without that mode because of the stupidity of the idiots that wrote the software for the phone.
I’d ditch the landline. I Havent had one for close to a decade. I just have my cell, which is all i need.
Of course, caller-ID spoofing helps. It eliminates the need for the culprit to be in your area or even in your country.
For instance, read about 16-year-old Curtis Gervais:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/teen-arrested-for-30-swattings-bomb-threats/
I had the police show up at my door once saying that there had been a 911 hangup call placed from my address. They (a pair) had themselves arranged so that they were ready for trouble when I opened the door.
Nobody at my house had called 911 and the phone had not rung. I gave them the numbers for both phones (landline and cell) and that apparently wasn’t the number that called, but they didn’t dial it to see if it rang.
After they left, it dawned on me that while my house is “#### 89th Ave.,” right around the corner is the same number on 89th Place. I figure they made the mistake that various mailmen and deliverymen have made over the years and just went to the wrong address.
That link is terrific. Thank you.
are you known to be a conservative in your area?
don’t put it past libtards to do this to get you into trouble
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