Comments on: Finally some common sense at 911 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/finally-some-common-sense-at-911/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: silhouette http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/finally-some-common-sense-at-911/comment-page-1/#comment-35294 silhouette Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:29:40 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1984#comment-35294 Really Dave ID? I did not know that. Hmmmm Really Dave ID? I did not know that. Hmmmm

]]> By: Jaye http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/finally-some-common-sense-at-911/comment-page-1/#comment-35290 Jaye Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:34:14 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1984#comment-35290 Yesterday's (Thursday, July 10) Gazette had an article so frustrating that I was unable to come up with a lucid letter to the editor that would probably express my digust at the cellphone companies/government stupidity. Admittedly, I didn't realize that the celphone companies have their own 911 call centres (which, actually, angers me more-I Can't conceive of the ineptitude there... ) but: From: Ringing up 911 cell tax The Gazette Published: Thursday, July 10 "But unlike traditional phone companies, cellphone firms don't give a dime of the monthly "911 fee" they charge customers to Quebec municipalities to help pay for the centres, he said. That will change next year. The Quebec government passed legislation last month to charge cellphone companies a 911 tax. [...] Cellphone companies will be able to pass on the cost to customers. It's up to the firms to justify the 911 fee they already charge, Fortier said." Which says to me that while our taxes pay for 911 service, the cellphone companies found a way to charge us for calling it -- more than a regular call, and then the government found a way to tax us for a service that's paid for (by taxes) and one that is a superfluous and dishonest surcharge (a la $6.95 service charge). I stil can't get the wording of this right. It's like double-dipping... on something free? x2? Yesterday's (Thursday, July 10) Gazette had an article so frustrating that I was unable to come up with a lucid letter to the editor that would probably express my digust at the cellphone companies/government stupidity. Admittedly, I didn't realize that the celphone companies have their own 911 call centres (which, actually, angers me more-I Can't conceive of the ineptitude there... ) but:

From:
Ringing up 911 cell tax
The Gazette
Published: Thursday, July 10

"But unlike traditional phone companies, cellphone firms don't give a dime of the monthly "911 fee" they charge customers to Quebec municipalities to help pay for the centres, he said.

That will change next year. The Quebec government passed legislation last month to charge cellphone companies a 911 tax.

[...]

Cellphone companies will be able to pass on the cost to customers. It's up to the firms to justify the 911 fee they already charge, Fortier said."

Which says to me that while our taxes pay for 911 service, the cellphone companies found a way to charge us for calling it -- more than a regular call, and then the government found a way to tax us for a service that's paid for (by taxes) and one that is a superfluous and dishonest surcharge (a la $6.95 service charge).

I stil can't get the wording of this right. It's like double-dipping... on something free? x2?

]]> By: DAVE ID http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/finally-some-common-sense-at-911/comment-page-1/#comment-35272 DAVE ID Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:02:45 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1984#comment-35272 Also because when calling 911 on your cellphone... you're not calling 911 but your providers 911 service. And it's fucking annoying. Thankfully most of them time you're stuck in a school shooting or something. Also because when calling 911 on your cellphone... you're not calling 911 but your providers 911 service. And it's fucking annoying. Thankfully most of them time you're stuck in a school shooting or something.

]]> By: Christopher DeWolf http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/finally-some-common-sense-at-911/comment-page-1/#comment-35268 Christopher DeWolf Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:33:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1984#comment-35268 I've never actually gotten through to a 911 dispatcher. Each and every time I've called (which hasn't been very often, thankfully) I have been put on hold before I could actually talk to someone. I've never actually gotten through to a 911 dispatcher. Each and every time I've called (which hasn't been very often, thankfully) I have been put on hold before I could actually talk to someone.

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