I doubt very much that you understand the way the vp 911 tech works. But I'll agree that for the research I could get through, it's a fairly simple concept. You stated that it simply traces 911 calls back to their locale. Not so I don't think. That sounds like it works the way regular line phones work. It's far different w/cellular. Cellular 911 has been around a long time now & the problem is, by its very nature, it cannot quickly enough or accurately enough trace the call like a line phone does, hence it's not a good at lifesaving as a line phone. Cell calls, to my knowledge, can only use towers triangulation or GPS to trace a 911 call & that is just not accurate enough to find someone who is unable to verbally give the address. Laws have been proposed & I believe put in place, that say this process must be refined to more accuracy & quicker, so as to increase the life saving percentages. My understanding (and I read as much as I could find & grasp) is the vp software increases the accuracy level by 1) instituting automatic callbacks which occur quicker, thereby increasing the chances of reaching the caller to gain more info on location, as well as allowing the system to get more data from towers and/or GPS, to get the 911 service ppl to a more narrow perimeter of where the call originated, if the caller cannot be reached.
I hope my understanding of it above is reasonably accurate & I think it's great if the vp service can up the percentage of finding callers in time to help save lives, but I wanted to point out that I don't think it's a panacea that works anywhere near as effectively as a line phone does. It also sounds to me like it's not a process that could possibly be locked up by vplm & that there likely is other processes that could enhance what cellular 911 already has been doing for yrs. For ex, if the GPS system was tweaked, in general, to produce a quicker and/or more accurate location, well, the automatically that would make any 911 calls better & obviously increase the life saving percentages. No way THAT could be an infringement on vplm AND gps improvements HAVE been made & WILL be made, thus that seems to preclude thought of vp 911 to be FOUNDATIONAL.... to the operation of the 911 system. I would like to hear if anyone can refute above points which I believe are factual. Of course, due to the general avg demeanor in which this board reacts to things, I have to add again, that any level of improvement in the accuracy and/or response time which happens due to vp 911 tech, is a great service. My comments are not to diminish anything about vp 911 tech. I feel I have to insert qualifiers before & after every statement here, due to comprehension & misconstruing issues.
The bottom line point is: if above is factual, then it ain't foundational or billion $ stuff.
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