911 alternative

if you dont want to pay $0.80 per month for 911 services you can do the following

inital cost: varies
monthly cost: $0.00
savings: $0.80
these figures based cost of 911 services set up with one address via anveo

the law says ALL cellphone providers MUST route emergency calls whether the phone is active or not.

basicly call 911 from any cellphone

1. get any old cellphone. hand me down "feature phones" are nice.
2. power off the phone.
3. if the phone has a sim card remove it.
1. optionally destroy the sim-card
4. power on the phone
5. your phone will now be in a state that can only call 911 and recieve 911 callbacks.

benefits of this.
it can be free, especially if you know someone getting a new phone.

if you know someone getting a new feature phone, ask them for their old one., if they are worried about the data tell them to preform a factory reset, and destroy the sim card

lifeline (free government cellphones) work well.

it should remain charged for at least a week.

tested with:

Original Provider	Manufacturer	Model	Battery Life
Trackphone	LG	TFLG410GB	about 2 weeks