Page 11 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2017 Issue 2

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Dld You Know - . a.
I _ Algls[igaln"_N|ids_trsam isgnrljlrlliglad
to qqnguchng our operraytlon/s'wll,h ta
ommunlca IOI'I vrlmarvlrocusonpmlecllnsrhe
I safety of those Iivlng or working
th K 9 near our plpe Ines.
ls e ey .
syn. Mans
ton. one tall’. buglnmng In Rochcsttsr, NY In 1959 Ilnlll
today, the nccd [0 tall bettne dlgglng has beeome firmly _
F entteneheel neatly c\‘cIywl\cm Alwzly~, the t’-not ~tcp
|s tot exenyatato to Contact the one call eentet and glvc

lnf()Im£m()n about then ptopaoed uxcavalloll pttneet. wlnt K." H”

happL‘n~ ncxt, and how .aon, eletennlne. the .-neee.o of the c.“"""”m‘,_ ‘I

IL‘~t at the pn.»CL‘~s and whethet |t rc~'ulh In a safely eompleteel

Cxmvmmn In B288 01 an ElY$fiVg9!‘lD{

ln a loeal atea, an Excavator onnply makL‘~ n laeal call to the can 500925 4:52

opetattn elengnateel to teeelye tho.e c.1ll~ when "on: call”

began cuvcnng lzlxgc ateao, L‘x:avamr~ wete telnetnnt to

lnfllr the ea.-t ot a long dwlzlncc ct11l,ln addmon lo the cast

ot a peteeneel "work delay” by Wtuung tat nt.htte~ (faclllty :\

opetattnol tn loeate and mark then hne. Tu hclp uvcrcomc '

tenotnnee, one tall eentet. lnslzlllud tnll ttee numbers provldcd ~.

path tat excavators tn nottty. Theoe tall nee nnntben WL‘xL‘ blllcd AMEWCANMIUS , HMM

by m|nulL‘~ nl u~t1gL‘.

onee the exeayatot made the eall and fulfilled the duty ta nottty

the one call eentet, and the eentet ha.- full’-lllud us te.pon..blhty

to accurately teetnel the eletnl. u[ the planned nxcavatlon,

nottee al the pcndlng cxctlvatlon ntnot be eonnnnnlenteal to the y , ‘ _7 ‘
ownlsrs ot buncd lacllmcs neat the pxopowd L‘xcavzltl(ln nte. , , K J ; Nt

ln 1%‘) Rneheotet, that Wm neeontplnheal lhmugh nleanoot V l - '_
teletype pnnten llnkcd by "pnvzlkL‘llnc~" 7 dndlc.1lcd,dll~e-ctly Dianng 31 1 ¢oU|d .t _

eonneeteel tclcphonc enetnto. . K.—' l 4,’. 4- ,

have prevented It. . , \ ,- '9

Netwotleo of prlvatn hne. beeatne the ~tt1ndt1rd |n outbound 4 - — a t
one call etnnnntnteattan.-. Them (Hunts 7 known tat then ' ,3. -' ,, _ .l‘ [ - ..
l’L‘1lab|1l(y,bu(r(‘q|.Ill’ll‘Ag olellleel tcchnluans to manage — ._ , -v. ; ng: m. '4’. . l I
together wtth the lnbound, toll lne numbcrs, nnele up one nl v _,

the lntgeot eo.to of upL‘ml|ng a one ct1llccnlcx.Ilwa~' etnnnnon _ ‘ .
lot the east or mflmbcrshlp In n one eall eentet to be eompmeel ; W‘
ot a me.-nge lee (~'IIppL»rl|ng the opcrallng pennnnel, offlcc - ;
space and ndvurllslng) and a eonnnnnleatlon tee (lo: the .,- , ll
lnbmlnd tullelnvc nnntbetoanel the mllbmlnd dudlcatcd clrcults )
ln 1921, Oklahoma one Call (new olete 811) bcctlmc the f'lr~t ,. ’ l. ,.
eentet |n the ntlllun ta deploy a 100% "dlt1l—up" mltbmllld , , 1 f, f
mcmaglng oyotetn. unelet thn syatcnl, a rccclvlng punter anly _ ‘ '11‘
had ta l‘nt1|n(t1|n a local tclcphonu nnenbet rat the one call ._a 3" if 4 ,~
cL‘nlL‘r'a Eumpulcr ta ":all” the pnntet and send a mlsmagc I ; t , .
Although lO[fl1dlE\]*L\P eannnuntenttnno was‘ lnmillly met wlth fl‘ ~ . ' '
dhapproval by the one eall e.tnbln-htnent, the tremenelotn ‘ , - .

eo.t s‘av|ng~ uvcx pnynte hne nL‘lwl.»rk.s, and a ttnele teeotel of -.1. _ — y, ,'- _ 1 f
etnnent pettannnnee oaon brought the whole tnelaotty around. ' ,. ‘fl‘
wlth the advcnt al the altnaothnagtenl data tralwfcr eapablhtlee . ' ’

of |ntcInL‘l—rclatcd technology, all othet mulhods of lnbound 3,5 Law” 3‘ ‘

and ontbonnel Communication llavc been tot .aon will be) ‘ ‘ . , ,

completely ob.-olete. lt W|U be lnn to .ee how .non and how la.-t "“““'” M’ “" ”‘ ;
whnt we now lennw vim aelynneeel eommunleatlom teehnolngy 5°‘ 3" 9535

al~u lall.- by the wnynele. Hang on; ll'~ going to be a wlld rldc’ 3 _