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Old 06-29-2016, 02:54 PM
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Default Recent NY Times piece, very concerning!
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/26...t-answers.html
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Yes, it is...
For profit prisons, private firms handling red light cameras, and now 911?! Its crazy...but i wonder if some areas would have better coverage? I mean, dominos knows your exact location if you order a pizza from your cell.phone...but when you call 911 from your cell, well, good luck.
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Very concerning. I remember 911 was always excellent service. So much so that hip hop legend Flavor Flav praised them with his hit song, "911 is the s.hit"
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Old 06-29-2016, 06:55 PM
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It's ancient news. My county's 911 service was farmed out 7 years ago. The phone company's RFP was double what the contract firm bid.

I guess paying 3 union employees to sit around waiting for something to break wasn't cost effective.
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Old 06-29-2016, 07:23 PM
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Wow, what a huge concern because we all know that overpaid government union employees do a much better job than the private sector can.

Is it nearly as concerning to you as this?

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/...ntcmp=trending
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