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Now that is scary, because in my Oregon apartment the GPS locatorin theMaps App always shows me 0.25 - 0.5 miles from my actual location. In CO it was as far as 2.5 miles away.

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Brent

On Jul 1, 2010, at 4:12, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com> wrote:

> As long as you have Location Services / GPS turned on for your cell phone
> they can locate you - cell phones have had GPS for 911 location LONG before
> they started to make use of GPS for navigation and other Geolocation apps.
> In fact one of the only settings on "Feature" phones was turn turn GPS
> location to 911 only or location + 911 to use the 'family location' type
> programs. If she has to 'see to believe' enable to the family locate
> feature on AT&T for a month (or even a week or day) and pull up and show
> that she can track each phone (at $5 per line per month) wherever it is at.
> If you can do it from your computer, surely 911 can do it.
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 19:22, mtmccain@ymail.com <mtmccain@ymail.com>wrote:
>
> > I am trying to convince my wife to do away with the land line (which is
> > nothing but propaganda calls) And get a new iPhone. (I have a iPhone 3g
> > happy with it for now) She is wanting a better camera and the ability to
> > text. But she does not want to pay ATT anymore than we already are (can't
> > blame her there, seems like we give them half a pay check now). So I told
> > her lets do away with land line which would cover the extra fees on the
> > iPhone. She is wondering about calling 911. ATT uses this as a scare tactic
> > to make people keep land line. They say that 911 will not know where you all
> > calling from. I told her all you have to say is the word home they have your
> > name and # from the cell phone. I need help here. How can I convince her to
> > do away with land line which only telemarketers call us on. And go to the
> > new iPhone.
> >
>
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