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To: John Biddle who wrote (29803)	12/6/2002 9:07:34 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197869

Tulsa City Council Opposes Per Call Rate For Enhanced 911 Friday December 06, 2002 5:47pm Reporter: Bill Mitchell Posted By: James Puckett City Council Votes For Resolution To Make 911 Cell Phone Calls Free ktul.com Tulsa - The Tulsa City Council opposes paying a fee per call for cell phone 911 services. The money would be used so dispatchers could pinpoint the location of the callers. When you call 911 on the cell phone the call goes to a tower and the to the 911 dispatch center. Right now the dispatcher can’t tell where the call is coming from. But with enhanced 911 services they will be able to pinpoint the location of calls within 150 yards. Southwestern Bell wants to charge the city 23 cents a call. The dispatch center gets 160 thousand wireless calls a year. That adds up to more than 50 thousand dollars. And as more and more people use cell phones, that amount will go up. Tulsa City Councilor Sam Roop says, “They're entitled to recover their expenses for doing what they're doing. But I don't think they entitled to make a fat profit off of public safety. " City Council Bill Christiansen says, “I think it should probably be in line with the way we're paying he line charge now. Which is a fixed rate that we pay to Southwestern Bell for them to provide that service. " Councilman Roop agrees, saying that the current fight over a fixed rate versus a per call rate is simply a battle over money. The City Council’s resolution opposing a per call fee will now be sent to the state corporation commission. It will hold a hearing on the phone company’s tariff request next Thursday.