Aww … poor little ISPs.

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
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      911 and similar emergency numbers always cost money.

      In many places individuals pays for it through taxes, but people may not realize it because there’s 1 tax and 1 big budget that pays for many different public services.

      In the US I guess the cost is separated from other public services, and paid through ISP via a fee.

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        I’m just here wondering who out there wouldn’t want to be able to call the emergency line.

        It shouldn’t be a separate fee, but rather incorporated into the tax that pays for all the emergency services anyway.