GPS Technology and Mobile Phones

What if you are threatened or attacked, you have your cell phone, dial
9-1-1, but are unable to tell the operator how to find you. Imagine
having an accident, or witnessing an accident, but you are unsure
where you are, you call 9-1-1 but are unable to tell them where you
are...
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<mariajeans@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> What if you are threatened or attacked, you have your cell phone, dial
> 9-1-1, but are unable to tell the operator how to find you. Imagine
> having an accident, or witnessing an accident, but you are unsure
> where you are, you call 9-1-1 but are unable to tell them where you
> are...
> http://articlesupdates.googlepages.c..._mobile_phones

This is alt.cellular.gsm. The E911 on GSM is network based, works on all
legacy phones that do not have any GPS. CDMA is using GPS as their network
technology doesn't really allow accurate enough locationing through a
network based approach.