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911

Cash-strapped states raid cell phone 911 funds
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:40 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
Seeded By msnbc.com technology & science
More than $200 million collected from cell phone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug state budget holes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found.
money, communications, wireless, associated-press, federal-communications-commission, 911, technology-science
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Have you gone wireless only?
Thu Jul 9, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
By alex-johnson
In many areas, 911 can’t use the location-pinpointing services built into almost all modern cell phones, but Americans are increasingly dropping their land lines and going wireless only. Have you gone wireless only, and does the convenience of wireless phones outweigh the 911 lifeline built into land line service?
Answer this question ...
technology, emergency, wireless, cell-phones, 911, msnbc-com
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