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FCC Moves To Push for Better Cell E911
*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/FCC_...1/1180720157)*
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Saying current standards for cellular E911 are not enough, the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to push for better accuracy in pinpointing a cellular user's location.

Current standards only call for systems to be able to pinpoint a caller's location to within 300 meters for 95 percent of all calls, and within 100 meters for two-thirds of them. Under the new proposal, those distances are halved.

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