[comp.dcom.telecom] Why not get an unlisted number using an alias?

king@KESTREL.ARPA (Dick King) (10/10/87)

[author asked "why not effectively get an unlisted number by listing
an alias"?]

In most cities your address is put on the operator's VDT when you call
911.

This is a useful feature when you're incoherent, provided they have the
right address.  Even if you're incoherent I suspect that you whould
have a problem getting an ambulance dispatched to address A when the
system insists you're calling from B.  Even if THAT obsticle is
overcome the automatic equipment that tells the driver how to get
there from the dispatch point will not help.

Doesn't seem like a good idea.

-dk