[outages] 911 in Sarasota County, FL

[Daniel Wolf]

My understanding is that the E911 location lock can take some time and is not always super accurate. Something I read in a Slashdot post years ago, though.

>From Wikipedia:
E911 Phase 2
95% of a network operator's in-service phones must be E911 compliant ("location capable") by December 31, 2005. (Several carriers missed this deadline, and were fined by the FCC.[4])
Wireless network operators must provide the latitude and longitude of callers within 300 meters, within six minutes of a request by a PSAP.[5] Accuracy rates must meet FCC standards on average within any given participating PSAP service area by September 11, 2012 (deferred from September 11, 2008).[6]

Daniel Wolf

-----Original Message-----
From: outages-bounces at outages.org [mailto:outages-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Kristian Kielhofner
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:32 PM
To: Justin Scott
Cc: outages at outages.org
Subject: Re: [outages] 911 in Sarasota County, FL

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Justin Scott <leviathan at darktech.org> wrote:
> I live in Sarasota and got an e-mail press release from the Sheriff's 
> Office this morning about this (linked below).  I haven't seen any 
> additional information come out yet.
>
> http://sarasotasheriff.org/press_detail.asp?R=12-037
>

I live in Sarasota too; no more details as of yet.  In other news that press release is a little concerning:

"It is important to note, cell phones do not automatically provide a location, so be aware of where you are calling from when dialing 9-1-1."

Is Sarasota County not E911 phase 2 compliant?

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Kristian Kielhofner

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