On Saturday a 6-month old baby, named Brandon, passed away. His babysitter tried calling 911 to get help but the call wouldn't go through. Since November anyone in Dallas who has a T-mobile phone hasn't been able to call 911. The are being called "ghost calls". When ever they dial 911 the phone makes other calls and they can't hear what is going on. The operator can hear you and tries to talk to you but when they talk back you can't hear them. The city and T-mobile are now working together to see what is going on with this issue. The mother of Brandon says that this is the reason why her son passed away.
Questions:
1. If you were Brandon's mother would you also be blaming this for your child's death? Why or why not?
2. If you had a T-mobile would you switch carriers? Why or why not?
Answers:
If I was Brandon's mother I would also blame this for my child's death. If the babysitter was able to call 911 then my child still might be alive because the ambulance could have got there. I am not sure how he passed away but he probably could have been saved. If I was going through T-mobile then I would switch because I don't want to be in a situation where I need to call 911 and I can't because my phone won't work.
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Great job Abbie!
I have to agree with Brandon's mother. If the babysitter would have been able to contact 911, then there could have been a chance to save Brandon. Because of this issue, I would switch carriers. If there was a scenario that I had to call 911 and couldn't, then that would be a serious problem.
I would blame the network and also kind of my self like why didn't they go get a neighbor and take it to a hospital.
Yes I would switch
well partly but can she or chan she not run her own child to the emergency room not that hard
I don't know i normally don't normally call the 911 like ive only called twice so i don't think i would, but if it affected the ability of other things like talking to other people besides 911 then i would switch.
I would blame this for the death of my child. If the babysitters phone was working then yes there could have been a chance for the ambulance to arrive and help. I would switch if I had T-moblie if this problem was going on, because if this would happen to me again I want to be able to get a hold of 911.
If I was his mother I would probably blame this in part for his death, however, the babysitter could have tried to get a neighbor or call someone else who has a phone from a different company to call 911. I would probably want to switch carriers just in case of an emergency.
If I was Brandon's mother, I would be completely distraught, I wouldn't necessarily blame 911, but instead T-Mobile. Of course they didn't do this on purpose, but if this had been going on for months I would wonder why they haven't tried to fix it. I would switch carriers if I had T-Mobile because if I every get put in that situation I would want to be able to get a hold of 911.
I would blame this on T-Mobile because they should have fixed it a long time ago. I would definitely switch carriers.
As much as I dislike casting blame, in this situation T-Mobile and the 911 hotline did play a very big part in the child’s death. This has been happening since November, it wasn’t until this horrible tragedy struck that they began working on this issue. T-Mobile could have warned its customers about this problem, but instead they were quiet. Because of this incident, I would surely switch carriers. It could take months until T-Mobile resolves this problem. An emergency could occur during this time in which I may need to call 911.
I agree. I think that since they have known that this is has been an issue it should have taken until a death happened for them to start working on it. I also agree that T-Mobile should have warned people.
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