alt Hacker News> A ton of calls go to emergency services, government services, etc.
Is it common for providers to charge for emergency service access? I thought this was a given.
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toast0 • today at 1:28 AM
My voip line has a charge for (e)911. I can pay $1.50 per month or $75 per call.
Since my local police department has no direct dial number, non-emergency calls are routed through 911; that's pretty unusual, but I don't want to pay $75 to call police non-emergency, so I pay the $1.50.
I've never seen emergency calling broken out on my bill from an ILEC though.
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I believe emergency services calls are free. The cost being talked about is the maintenance cost to the provider.