I can’t be the only one who’s thought about what a great asset a cell phone would be if you were being kidnapped or mugged.� As you’re being dragged off into that dark alley, get a finger free to dial 911 and just leave the line open so the emergency operators can hear you scream. |
| Apparently Verizon phones put out a low alarm when 911 is dialed.� This is supposedly in response to a section of the Telecommunications Act that requires the phones to be usable by disabled customers, but this can be done without an alarm signal.� |
| A complaint was lodged by a woman who tried to covertly dial 911 when she thought vandals were wandering around her property- and was alarmed by the alarm.� Whoops.� The best part of this is Verizon’s response: “ Sellaway said Verizon is concerned that Carol is unhappy with her service. She saidCarol’s is the first complaint about the tone.”� Yeah Verizon, that’s because the criminals heard everyone else dialing 911, and killed them.
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Ok, so it’s not a perfect plan, but as a last resort it’s not bad and if it doesn’t do any good, at least it won’t do any harm, right? I admit I’ve considered it at moments.
