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What happens to 911 during a zombie apocalypse?

What's this blog post about?

The 911 emergency system is designed to handle a large volume of calls during disasters, including natural disasters and hypothetical zombie apocalypses. When a 911 call center receives more calls than it can answer, excess traffic is automatically transferred to backup centers. If these become saturated, the system blocks additional calls with a "fast busy" signal until resources are available. Bandwidth's 911 solution maintains priority queues for handling calls during disasters and ensures equal priority for all carriers. It is crucial to ensure that your 911 solution can handle any disaster scenario effectively.

Company
Bandwidth

Date published
Oct. 9, 2018

Author(s)
Thomas Ginter

Word count
848

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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