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Re:PSA: Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an eme... by mlyle on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:13PM (#37719289)
No. I'm just saying that it costs like $40-100k in practice to get a screened room into operation, not $10k, but that this is still a reasonable expense.

But you're too boiling over in vitriol to understand nuance. Somehow, in your mind, saying that you can't do it for $10k appears to be me defending Google.

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Re:PSA: Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an eme... by throwaway12046 on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:40PM (#37719564)
Even if it costs $1M, Google either has to do it or stop selling phones and recall sold units.
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Re:PSA: Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an eme... by philipov on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:37PM (#37721025)
I think maybe GP is getting you confused with the person who brought up the suggestion it's expensive in the first place, before we started looking into what the numbers really would be. While the initial statement of that sounds like defending Google, that wasn't you, and unpacking the costs is intellectually interesting on its own merits, say, for anyone who might want to do it themselves.
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