County govts. in Kan. are asking the state legislature for laws i...
County govts. in Kan. are asking the state legislature for laws in 2004 that would authorize local wireless E911 phone bill fees to pay for wireless phone location capabilities. County officials said the typical cost of an upgrade to…
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wireless E911 was about $250,000 per 911 center. They said fewer than half of Kan. E911 centers could track the location of wireless phones. They said the recent FCC order requiring number porting from landline to wireless service had made critical the need for statewide wireless E911 location ability, but without the ability to levy fees to cover the cost, most counties would find the expense prohibitive. Wireless E911 fee bills failed to pass in 2003.