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- 12-29-2004, 05:00 AM #1Jack ZwickGuest
911 numbers get tied up with non emergency calls every Christmas.
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D1.DTL>
Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
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- 12-29-2004, 09:19 AM #2NotanGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
Jack Zwick wrote:
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> 911 numbers get tied up with non emergency calls every Christmas.
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> <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...2/24/MNGKGAGU9
> D1.DTL>
>
> Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
> other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
And the world just keeps getting dumber and dumber...
Notan
- 12-29-2004, 10:07 AM #3cegGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jack Zwick wrote:
> >
> > 911 numbers get tied up with non emergency calls every Christmas.
> >
> >
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...2/24/MNGKGAGU9
> > D1.DTL>
> >
> > Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
> > other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> > phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
>
> And the world just keeps getting dumber and dumber...
>
> Notan
Why don't they just call their home phone?
- 12-29-2004, 12:02 PM #4Steve SobolGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
ceg wrote:
>>>911 numbers get tied up with non emergency calls every Christmas.
> Why don't they just call their home phone?
Because it's much more fun to take emergency dispatchers away from handling DUI
calls... duh :-P
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- 12-29-2004, 06:17 PM #5DevilsPGDGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
In message <[email protected]> "ceg" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> > Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
>> > other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
>> > phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
>>
>> And the world just keeps getting dumber and dumber...
>>
>> Notan
>
>Why don't they just call their home phone?
>
What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
is activated it can't call a home phone.
The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
phone "works"
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- 12-29-2004, 06:36 PM #6Steve SobolGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
DevilsPGD wrote:
> What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
> is activated it can't call a home phone.
>
> The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
> would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
> phone "works"
No, the bigger question is "why can't the dipwads wait until the day after
Christmas to activate and test their cell phones"
I think a lot of people probably don't realize *611 is the standard Customer
Service number, and some carriers don't use *611. Sprint, for example, uses *2.
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- 12-29-2004, 07:00 PM #7FossilButtGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]> "ceg" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >> > Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
> >> > other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> >> > phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
> >>
> >> And the world just keeps getting dumber and dumber...
> >>
> >> Notan
> >
> >Why don't they just call their home phone?
> >
>
> What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
> is activated it can't call a home phone.
>
> The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
> would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
> phone "works"
Is 911 fully on?
- 12-29-2004, 07:01 PM #8FossilButtGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> DevilsPGD wrote:
>
> > What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> > phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
> > is activated it can't call a home phone.
> >
> > The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
> > would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
> > phone "works"
>
> No, the bigger question is "why can't the dipwads wait until the day after
> Christmas to activate and test their cell phones"
>
> I think a lot of people probably don't realize *611 is the standard
Customer
> Service number, and some carriers don't use *611. Sprint, for example,
uses *2.
Sounds like the kind of people who make "test" posts to any newsgroup except
the "test" ng's.
- 12-29-2004, 09:07 PM #9Jack ZwickGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
In article <[email protected]>,
DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
> In message <[email protected]> "ceg" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >> > Thats because more new cell phones are unwrapped that day than any
> >> > other, but the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> >> > phones. So folks call 911 to verify their shiny new Nokia is working.
> >>
> >> And the world just keeps getting dumber and dumber...
> >>
> >> Notan
> >
> >Why don't they just call their home phone?
> >
>
> What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
> phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
> is activated it can't call a home phone.
>
> The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
> would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
> phone "works"
611 is unique to Cingular. There ARE other carriers.
- 12-29-2004, 09:13 PM #10Scott StephensonGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
"Jack Zwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> 611 is unique to Cingular. There ARE other carriers.
It is not unique- other carriers use 611 for Customer Care.
- 12-29-2004, 09:45 PM #11DevilsPGDGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
In message <[email protected]> Steve Sobol
<[email protected]> wrote:
>DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
>> phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
>> is activated it can't call a home phone.
>>
>> The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
>> would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
>> phone "works"
>
>No, the bigger question is "why can't the dipwads wait until the day after
>Christmas to activate and test their cell phones"
I can think of a few possibilities:
1) The gift giver isn't paying the bill. The gift giver obviously
cannot commit the recipient to paying bills or to a rate plan or
whatever.
2) The gift giver is paying the bill (or is going the pay and talk
route), but doesn't want to pay for the time between purchasing the
phone and Christmas day.
3) Phones often aren't returnable after being activated, so I could see
it being worthwhile to wait to see if the recipient wants it.
>I think a lot of people probably don't realize *611 is the standard Customer
>Service number, and some carriers don't use *611. Sprint, for example, uses *2.
While true, the documentation probably has the right number to call.
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- 12-29-2004, 09:53 PM #12Guest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
>The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of ...
The yet bigger question is why anyone would expect 100% of people to
think before acting, in the face of massive evidence to the contrary.
- 12-29-2004, 10:02 PM #13DevilsPGDGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
In message <[email protected]> Jack
Zwick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What part of "the carriers are closed and aren't available to activate
>> phones" makes you think the phone would be activated? Until the phone
>> is activated it can't call a home phone.
>>
>> The bigger question is why an idiot would dial 911 instead of 611 (which
>> would let them talk to a carrier's automated interface) to confirm the
>> phone "works"
>
>611 is unique to Cingular. There ARE other carriers.
Having never used Cingular in my life, I would disagree. 611 is the
NANP defined number to contact the telco for repair issues.
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- 12-31-2004, 12:36 PM #14Steve SobolGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
John Navas wrote:
>>I think a lot of people probably don't realize *611 is the standard Customer
>>Service number, and some carriers don't use *611. Sprint, for example, uses *2.
>
> Actually just 611, which works with every carrier I've ever used.
I'll have to try 611 on Sprint. Verizon, Alltel and Northcoast PCS (the other
carriers I've used) tell you to dial *611, FWIW.
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- 12-31-2004, 04:13 PM #15Jack HamiltonGuest
Re: California 911 tieup on Christmas day
Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:
>John Navas wrote:
>
>>>I think a lot of people probably don't realize *611 is the standard Customer
>>>Service number, and some carriers don't use *611. Sprint, for example, uses *2.
>>
>> Actually just 611, which works with every carrier I've ever used.
>
>I'll have to try 611 on Sprint. Verizon, Alltel and Northcoast PCS (the other
>carriers I've used) tell you to dial *611, FWIW.
Could be, but 611 works on Verizon Wireless. I don't know why they
would say to use *611.
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