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Many municipal 911 systems are getting upgrades to handle the E911 mandate. E911 provides the capacity to locate a 911 call from a cell phone via A-GPS or TDOA provided by the cell carrier. The municipal 911 software must be upgraded to fetch E911 location information. The normal 911 for landline phones is sourced from telephone company premises/billing records. The original 911 software was very mature and stable. E911 is forcing an upgrade and the instability that comes with a new software release.

Houston would be a high value target without the 911 system problems. In a large scale emergency, 911 is laughable anyway. The volume of calls will be far greater than the 911 operators can field in a reasonable time frame. Dispatchable resources will be rapidly committed and exhausted. My wife has been a 911 dispatcher for 10 years. She's very good at her job. We have 2 ambulances to cover a population of 60,000 people.

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In a large scale emergency, 911 is laughable anyway.

911 did prove that. Just like SS, 911 needs an overall. Just like our taxes, they need to be abolished. Just like illegal aliens and the policies, they need to build walls.

My wife has been a 911 dispatcher for 10 years. She's very good at her job. We have 2 ambulances to cover a population of 60,000 people.

Thank your wife for a job well done! 2?! 2?! OMG!