[SoothingDave]

Same thing with buying a house or renting an apartment. The phone wiring is already there. The phone is there. You just need to subscribe to the services, just like subscribing to OnStar's services.

Any cell phone can be used to make a 911 call. Whether it belongs to a subscriber or not.

I agree that you make good arguments, but that wasn't my original question. It was that a huge lawsuit would come of it. I'm not saying Onstar/GM should win or lose such a suit, just that they are exposing themselves to look really bad at some point in the future.

SD

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Whether it belongs to a subscriber or not.

That is because someone has subscribed to its services.

[OLD REGGIE]

Any cell phone can be used to make a 911 call. Whether it belongs to a subscriber or not.

Some time ago (1994) I bought a car with a cell phone built into the armrest. Great idea except it wasn't portable.

When I attempted to have my carrier put the same number in my car phone as in the phone I already had they essentially told me to go to hell. They tried to force me to take a seperate contract for the other phone. Of course I could have driven 15 miles to Lawrence, Mass. and have the phone cloned by a "professional" for $50 but it ticked me off so much I cancelled the phone I already had and didn't get another cell phone until last year.

Once I hit a deer and wiped out my front end so I picked up my phone and dialed *SP (same as 911). The 911 operator forwarded my call to the local police department and I had a "free" land line connection for as long as I needed it.

It took me only 10 years to get over my snit with the cell phone provider but I still won't give them much money. Same with GM. They are crooks to insist of $16.95 a month for a standby phone.