On Jan 21, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Steve McGrath wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:50 PM, G Scott Walters > <gscottwalters at gmail.com> wrote: >> My household currently has local phone service with CenturyLink. Like most >> people, we make most of our calls on our mobile phones. The primary reason >> I've not considered going without a land line, is for 911 service. I have >> two kids, and would prefer that they are able to pickup a regular handset, >> than try to find a prepaid cell phone in a drawer somewhere. >> >> Its come to my attention that some states require emergency phone service, >> even on a disconnected line. This is sometimes called a 'soft line' or 'warm >> line'. But the only information I can find on this law is from a 3 year old >> article from Consumer Reports here: >> http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/update-about-911-and-disconnected-landlines.html >> >> Can anyone definatively say that Minnesota does or does not have this >> requirement? Anyone with a disconnected CenturyLink line into your home >> willing to test this? Apparently, you can dial 811 on a disconnected line >> and get to a telco switch board; I wouldn't recommend to anyone dialing 911 >> for non-emergency reasons. >> >> Thanks >> >> Scott > > Sounds like you really ought to just ask Centurylink to be sure. > They're actually incredibly responsive via Twitter; @CenturyLinkHelp. > > -Steve Actually, this is a question for the Minnesota Statutes lookup or the Secretary of State's office. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/ Your typical CSR won't know this with certainty. This law, though, has been on the books for a very long time. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120121/af7f6305/attachment.html>