Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
The issue is nomenclature. 9-1-1 is the WRONG term to put on the device. First of all, 9-1-1 is not universal - it's 9-9-9 or 0-0-0 in other countries.


While you have a valid point, I didn't in this specific case that there was an issue with them not understanding what 911 meant.

Originally Posted By: JohnE
It's a SPOT specific issue cause they've priced the gear and the service so cheaply that folks who would never have bought a PLB are buying the SPOT devices by the thousands.


1) A phone isn't expensive and while sometimes abused, I don't see people suggesting we should make phones super expensive so people don't call 911.

2) Do you really want to make rescue something only available to the rich?

Come on guys, this isn't a SPOT issue, this is a stupid people issue.

-john