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Johnston County, North Carolina, Tests LTE 911 Call Backup Routing Tech

The Johnston County, North Carolina, 911 Emergency Communications department said it successfully tested an Intrado-developed LTE backup 911 call routing option to connect callers with the county’s public safety answering points (PSAPs). The 911 call routing alternative provides additional reliability…

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to Johnston County’s 911 system, including its recently deployed Next-Generation 911 network capabilities, the department said Wednesday. “The traditional weak link in terrestrial networks is the 'last mile' between the telephone company and our PSAPs,” said department Director Jason Barbour in a news release. “This solution gives us yet another path to receive those calls in the unlikely event that both our primary and backup routes are unavailable.”