Kathianne
01-24-2015, 11:44 PM
What could go wrong? One of our best allies enemies.
http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/012315-735953-fcc-plan-to-route-911-calls-through-russian-satellites.htm
Wait! What? FCC ponders plan to route U.S. 911 calls through Russian satellites29 Comments (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/012315-735953-fcc-plan-to-route-911-calls-through-russian-satellites.htm#disqus_thread)BY ANDREW MALCOLM (http://news.investors.com/ibd-columnists/andrew-malcolm.aspx)
01/23/2015 09:18 AM ET
Here's a disturbing idea whose time is about to come:
Emergency first responders across the United States may soon be relying on Russian satellites to plot the location of the mobile American distress call.
This is not an Onion story.
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to deliberate next week on a plan to use Russian satellites over other competing satellite systems for tracking the exact location of U.S. emergency 911 calls from mobile phones, the source of most emergency calls.
The plan is backed by major U.S. telecommunications giants like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA, along with the Association of Public Safety Communications.
In an alarming story, the Washington Times reports (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/21/fcc-proposal-to-route-911-locators-through-russia-/) the communications companies believe having the calls routed through Russian satellites would enhance the accuracy of their call locators and save emergency crews precious response time, especially when the caller is inside a building that can muffle tech locators.
Of course, such a system would also give Russians access to the American emergency response network, including the precise locations of every U.S. first responder.
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http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/012315-735953-fcc-plan-to-route-911-calls-through-russian-satellites.htm
Wait! What? FCC ponders plan to route U.S. 911 calls through Russian satellites29 Comments (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/012315-735953-fcc-plan-to-route-911-calls-through-russian-satellites.htm#disqus_thread)BY ANDREW MALCOLM (http://news.investors.com/ibd-columnists/andrew-malcolm.aspx)
01/23/2015 09:18 AM ET
Here's a disturbing idea whose time is about to come:
Emergency first responders across the United States may soon be relying on Russian satellites to plot the location of the mobile American distress call.
This is not an Onion story.
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to deliberate next week on a plan to use Russian satellites over other competing satellite systems for tracking the exact location of U.S. emergency 911 calls from mobile phones, the source of most emergency calls.
The plan is backed by major U.S. telecommunications giants like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA, along with the Association of Public Safety Communications.
In an alarming story, the Washington Times reports (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/21/fcc-proposal-to-route-911-locators-through-russia-/) the communications companies believe having the calls routed through Russian satellites would enhance the accuracy of their call locators and save emergency crews precious response time, especially when the caller is inside a building that can muffle tech locators.
Of course, such a system would also give Russians access to the American emergency response network, including the precise locations of every U.S. first responder.
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