<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 4:55 PM, Steve McGrath wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:50 PM, G Scott Walters<br><<a href="mailto:gscottwalters@gmail.com">gscottwalters@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">My household currently has local phone service with CenturyLink. Like most<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">people, we make most of our calls on our mobile phones. The primary reason<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I've not considered going without a land line, is for 911 service. I have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">two kids, and would prefer that they are able to pickup a regular handset,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">than try to find a prepaid cell phone in a drawer somewhere.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Its come to my attention that some states require emergency phone service,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">even on a disconnected line. This is sometimes called a 'soft line' or 'warm<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">line'. But the only information I can find on this law is from a 3 year old<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">article from Consumer Reports here:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/update-about-911-and-disconnected-landlines.html">http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/update-about-911-and-disconnected-landlines.html</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Can anyone definatively say that Minnesota does or does not have this<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">requirement? Anyone with a disconnected CenturyLink line into your home<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">willing to test this? Apparently, you can dial 811 on a disconnected line<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and get to a telco switch board; I wouldn't recommend to anyone dialing 911<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for non-emergency reasons.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Scott<br></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007427"><br></font>Sounds like you really ought to just ask Centurylink to be sure.<br>They're actually incredibly responsive via Twitter; @CenturyLinkHelp.<br><br>-Steve<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Actually, this is a question for the Minnesota Statutes lookup or the Secretary of State's office.</div><div><a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/">https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Your typical CSR won't know this with certainty.</div><div><br></div><div>This law, though, has been on the books for a very long time.</div></body></html>