[188776] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: phone fun, was GeoIP database issues and the real world
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Fri Apr 15 00:49:42 2016
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From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:48:24 -0500
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On 4/14/2016 16:01, John Levine wrote:
>> OK, let us suppose I want to be a law biding, up right American and use
>> only a cellphone for the "right" area.
>>
>> I drive a big truck OTR. I usually know what part of which state I am
>> in, but I frequently do not know which part of what state I will be in
>> in 24 hours.
>>
>> What should I do?
>
> As previous messages have explained, mobile 9-1-1 uses a variety of
> GPS and tower info to determine where you are. Telcos, stupid though
> they may be, have figured out that people with mobile phones are
> likely to be, you know, mobile.
>
> If you drive a big truck, you're likely to spend a lot of time on
> major highways, and many of those highways have signs that tell you
> what to dial to contact the appropriate police for that road, e.g.
> *MSP on the Mass Pike.
I understand all that.
I quoted somebody as saying that some percentage of people use a
cellphone in the wrong area code.
I want never be caught in the wrong area code in my nomadic life.
I think my best shot is to convince people that telephone numbers are
not addresses of people and like my SSAN is assigned by somebody, I
don't care who.
