Seriously, this is just dumb dumb dumb all around.

obviously, this didn't happen overnight, but it's been like a 2-3 month turnaround between rumors of this to when it's launching

Yeah you're right. It's a local govt service, so it's probably determined that way- an emergency service tax sort off. Probably thru your billing address zip code i guess.

I think all 911 calls are automatically routed thru cell towers, regardless of how they originate- that way they can get your exact Long/Lat. Hence the access fee.

Not sure why they're in such a hurry to get this off the ground.

True. Mine's at $5 a month. Half the time they offer it to you for free anyways.

Oh really? Had no idea. Yeah LTE at any price point is a steal.

handling over to Wi-Fi has already been invented. I use Republic wireless, and that's pretty much their backbone. Start a call on Wi-Fi and it'll seamlessly handover to cell if/when yow outside your Wi-Fi range. And vice versa. It's a hardware modification. Probably around the same lines that the iPhone 6 claims to do…

I don't think Big Red is very MVNO friendly.

That's handy because Chromecast historically isn't great a playing local (coughpirated) video.

there's probably some tax break related reason for them to keep their base as Philly, as opposed to moving it to NY.

I don't think it's such a terrible thing that some people have never left the States especially if they can't spare the time or money.

A travel adapter with universal pins is your best friend.

Is it pulling it from a reservation in your email, or a calendar entry you put in manually, so maybe it's reading it as just an appointment time?

Well, the only british channel here is BBC America, as opposed to there where y'all have multiple American Channels -Comedy Cetnral, TLC etc

Really? That's odd.

Umm, it gives you the option to "Hide Scores", if you're so inclined to DVR the games.

Seriously, that's all this is - fear mongering.

the Engadget article says it was going to go in the dimple behind the phone, where your finger rests anyways.

Perhaps it's the lenses in the kit?