Boulder Authority Defends Push for More Accurate Vertical Location of 911 Calls
The Boulder Emergency Telephone Service Authority fired back at industry opponents of its petition (see 1912270038) asking the FCC to reconsider part of the rules commissioners approved in November requiring carriers provide height above ellipsoid data from wireless calls to…
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911, within 3 meters accuracy for 80 percent of calls, starting in the largest markets in April 2021 (see 1911220034). BRETSA said more-accurate data is possible. The authority is “frustrated and disappointed at the time and money wasted in pursuit of the pipe-dream of ‘Dispatchable Location’ defined as ‘the right door to kick-in’ based on WiFi and Bluetooth emitters,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 07-114. “First Responders and innocent members of the public have been killed and injured as a result of swatting incidents and police raids inadvertently conducted at an incorrect address.”