Unable to dial 911

See, the funny thing about that is that people who go into a class action looking for money end up not getting much of anything. The named plaintiffs (those whose names are on the suit) end up getting about $100, if that. Everyone else in the class usually gets a small coupon of some sort from the company. The lawyers get the vast majority of money, which pisses a lot of people off but in actuality, they do a LOT of work on class actions with no guarantee of any money because if they lose, they get nothing. Class actions usually take 3-5 years, sometimes more, to settle or go to trial and during that time, the attorneys are getting nothing, but have to put in a lot of time and expense into investigating the suit, doing discovery, spending inordinate hours going over the documents obtained in discovery, going to numerous hearings, etc. And they have to justify the hours and expenses to the court before they are allowed to recover any money from settlement or trial, and are limited to charging what's called a lodestar, a set amount that they can charge for their time. I speak from experience here, having worked on quite a few class actions.

So yeah, anyone looking to sue a big company with deep pockets in order to get a big payout is barking up the wrong tree if they go the class action route.

Once again, I would LOVE to test this but don't want "the man" knocking on my door.  If this is a problem I can't see how it isn't an easy fix as it has to be a software bug of some form. 

It's hard to know if the reports we've seen are true or if they are more of an urban legend kind of thing.

I think what I might do is call my local news outlet and ask them if they can arrange a test.  I'd imagine they'd be interested in a story like this and would have the connections to test it.


Brian

Why do you use PhoneTell?  Just curious...


Brian

i  just tried the stock phone dialer, i told them there is no emergency, we are just testing a new phone.

It worked fine, no issues... and the phone automatically turned into "Emergency Mode" for 5 minutes. It turned the GPS (the only thing I noticed).

Now I feel much better knowing i can count with it in case of emergency... i will also test it next time I see an accident in the street... it will give me a legitimate excuse to call them!

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1723506.shtml?cat=1

My apologies, I said it was channel 11, it was actually channel 5 eyewitness news. Click on the link above for the news we bsite's article. I was tired that morning after lady gaga concert. Had front ROW  seats.
 Tired And deaf.

I live in Miami, FL... extreme road rage (probably highest in the country)  and the drivers here are very "creative".

On my way to work, which is a 6 mile drive; I see some form of accident/fender bender at least 3 times a week.

One day about a year ago, I saw 2 crashes a block away from each other. At the next light, i see a pickup truck t-bone a large suv (i think it was an expedition). Then I got on the express way, and about 300 feet ahead of me, I see a car cutting off a landrover and witnessed it losing control, flipping and rolling over a few times.

I actually didn't go to my destination and stopped by my mom's house that day and just stayed there a few hours until all the mayhem from that day passed...

We got beautiful beaches, girls, weather and places to go... but horrible drivers!

I talked to a Sprint person today who said that they should be rolling out an update to fix this very soon.