Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Oregon Steals from Pete To Pay Paul-Oregon E-911 System Placed on Hold

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:38:56 -0400

Oregon E-911 System Placed on Hold

In the shadow of statewide budget cuts in Oregon, plans for an E-911 wireless
phone mapping systems have been placed on hold. The E-911 systems, which allows
operators or dispatch centers to locate a cell phone caller in the event of an
emergency, are scheduled to be in place, nationwide, by January 2005.

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June 23, 2003

Emergency cell phone mapping system put on
hold

UNDATED - A new emergency
system allowing 9-1-1
operators to find cell phone
callers has been put on hold
due to the state budget
crunch.

Last year, legislators
borrowed more than $10
million from the system's $14
million account to fix the
general fund budget.

The state will also use three
months of phone bill taxes to
pay for the system.

It is scheduled to be in place by January 2005 nationwide.

Officials say the system is indispensable given the current level
of cell phone use.

A director of the Jackson County 9-1-1 center says most
wireless callers don't even know what location they're calling
from.

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=58624

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