Old cell phones can't be re-activated unless they have GPS
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Posted by on December 27, 2006, 10:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options We were told by Alltel that they could not re-activate any of our old phones because they did not have GPS for the E911. The ones we have are Motorola V.60 phones not antiques. They said it is a new Federal law. So don't plan on using older phones for much of anything. (I believed 'em so we have a rack of new Razors on the way) Older phones that are already activated are grandfathered in but you can't change the number or anything. Steve -- www.sellcom.com for firewood splitters, ergonomic chairs, office phone systems, "non-mov" surge protection, Exabyte, CA, Minuteman, Brave Products, Fisch, TMC, Panasonic and more http://www.phonelabs.biz cellphone docking now here! | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob Vaughan on December 28, 2006, 2:17 am
Please log in for more thread options I don't believe that the law specificly says that they cannot activate older phones. As far as I know, it requires the carriers to ensure that a certain percentage of phones are E911 enabled, either by use of GPS, or by network based technology, enabling the location of the phone to within a certain number of feet. It also requires that all new activations after a certain date to be E911 enabled, which appears to be interpreted as new phones sold by the carrier thru it's distributors. >
>So don't plan on using older phones for much of anything. > >(I believed 'em so we have a rack of new Razors on the way) > >Older phones that are already activated are grandfathered in but >you can't change the number or anything. > >Steve -- -- Welcome My Son, Welcome To The Machine -- Bob Vaughan | techie @ tantivy.net | | P.O. Box 19792, Stanford, Ca 94309 | -- I am Me, I am only Me, And no one else is Me, What could be simpler? -- | |||||||||||||
>old phones because they did not have GPS for the E911. The ones
>we have are Motorola V.60 phones not antiques.
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>They said it is a new Federal law.