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To: engineer who wrote (30718)	1/5/2003 2:30:03 PM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 196920

Also when the 911 people get real fed up with their loved ones dying when trying to get a 911 location and start suing the FCC and carriers for non-compliance, then perhaps the carriers will even start doing what they have been mandated to be doing. Eng, Could you explain the responsibilities for E911, carrier vs. local PSAP's. As Sprint explained it, they are ready and it is the local PSAPs who have not set up 911 services on their end. By ready, I mean they have location capability available in their network for all the newer handsets with GPSOne, so E911 becomes available for those devices as soon as the local counties set up the dispatching capability. On the position location content side, beyond basic E911, Sprint clearly did not make this an early priority, as they have handsets with position location active and zero content available to use it. As I understand it, we can expect this content in the April-May timeframe. I only got bits and pieces about what it will consist of. I heard there will be nominal monthly charges, $5 or $10 per month, to deliver the services. I wasn't able to tell whether this means that includes the applications, or whether that is a charge to provide position location to application providers, or some combo thereof. Personally, I'd like to see a small charge from Sprint to provide the position, and let the open market for content services get this information and develop from there. As you say, open it up and see what happens. Cooters