<html><head></head><body 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> <p class="first" 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.</p></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; "><p class="first" 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; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; "><br></p></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; "><p class="first" 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; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; "><br></p></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; "><p class="first" 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; font-size: 1em; 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.</p></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; "><p class="first" 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; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; "><br></p></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; "><p class="first" 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; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline; text-indent: 2em; ">Someone else suggested the @CenturyLinkHelp twitter account. I'm going to hit them up and confirm as well.</p></div><div style="text-indent: 32px; font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 16px; -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); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><br></span></div>--<div>G. Scott Walters</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jan 21, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Ryan Coleman <<a href="mailto:ryanjcole@me.com">ryanjcole@me.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><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 ho<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></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota</span><br><span><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>