Claude J Ortega wrote:
>> >>> Just received a call as follows:
>>> (999) 999-9999 NAME NOT FOUND
>>> and it was an "amber alert" about a missing boy in our town.
>>> Has anyone else heard of this?
>> Yep, my town is trying it out.
>> I have an answering machine on my line, to filter out the
>> telemarketers, and the reverse 911 system just hangs up without giving
>> out the 'important' message. :-(
>> Claude
> They would leave a message except that they want to be sure the message > was "heard".
> My wife's reaction was, "what?! I want to hear it again!"
> There should be a number that one can call back so that other
> members of the household can hear the information from the source.
Apparently some services do provide that facility at an additional cost, but the basic Reverse 911 is a free service to Police departments in the USA.