<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jan 21, 2012, at 8:34 PM, G Scott Walters wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Ryan may be on to something. <br><a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=403.025&year=2011&keyword_type=all&keyword=Emergency+phone+service">https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=403.025&year=2011&keyword_type=all&keyword=Emergency+phone+service</a></div><div><br></div><div> Subdivision three of statute 403.025 states:</div><div><div class="subd" id="stat.403.025.3" style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><h2 class="subd_no" style="margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 2em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; display: inline; ">Subd. 3.<span class="headnote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Connected telecommunications <span class="highlight" id="k6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: yellow; ">service</span> provider requirements.</span></h2><div style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; ">Every owner and operator of a wire-line or wireless circuit switched or packet-based telecommunications system connected to the public switched telephone network shall design and maintain the system to dial the 911 number without charge to the caller.</div></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); text-indent: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; ">That seems to at least infer that I should be able to disconnect my line and still be able to dial 911 in an emergency.</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Yes, this means cell phones also must be capable of dialing 911 without a valid phone number.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>