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Old 06-13-2007, 11:44   #7
Ret10Echo
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Originally Posted by Smokin Joe
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FWIW,

Having coordinated and conducted a few civilian SARs I will offer that cell phone companies cannot triangulate a cell phone signal. I coordinated a SAR last summer where I talked to a kid on his cell phone before it went dead. His phone was hitting a tower 56 miles away. We constantly run into the issue of being able to talk to someone on their cell phone with out finding them.

And that is why the FCC is going to have to change the accuracy requirement for E9-1-1. That is IF the receiving PSAP has the ability to receive and process the data.
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