On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:50 PM, G Scott Walters <gscottwalters at gmail.com> wrote: > My household currently has local phone service with CenturyLink. Like most > people, we make most of our calls on our mobile phones. The primary reason > I've not considered going without a land line, is for 911 service. I have > two kids, and would prefer that they are able to pickup a regular handset, > than try to find a prepaid cell phone in a drawer somewhere. > > Its come to my attention that some states require emergency phone service, > even on a disconnected line. This is sometimes called a 'soft line' or 'warm > line'. But the only information I can find on this law is from a 3 year old > article from Consumer Reports here: > http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/update-about-911-and-disconnected-landlines.html > > Can anyone definatively say that Minnesota does or does not have this > requirement? Anyone with a disconnected CenturyLink line into your home > willing to test this? Apparently, you can dial 811 on a disconnected line > and get to a telco switch board; I wouldn't recommend to anyone dialing 911 > for non-emergency reasons. > > Thanks > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list Sounds like you really ought to just ask Centurylink to be sure. They're actually incredibly responsive via Twitter; @CenturyLinkHelp. -Steve -- If it ain't broke, you're not using a new enough version