3-1-1
:Alternate uses: 311 (band) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In the United States, 3-1-1 is a non-emergency telephone number, meant to provide a quick, easy to remember, and universal alternative to 9-1-1. Its first use for this purpose was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on October 2, 1996. 311 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 911 call center, but with 311 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no emergency 911 calls are waiting. This system is intended to extend the system such that true emergency callers are answered quickly, without ringing or busy signals. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 311 service is generally implemented at the local level, and in some cities it is also used for various municipal calls. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Examples of calls intended for 311: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
United States: :For other uses, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation).... Telephone number: A telephone number is a string of decimal digits that uniquely indicates the network termination point. The number contains the information necessary to route the call to this point. Telephone numbers are often assigned to lines that have other devices hooked to them such as faxes, modems, subscribe... 9-1-1: 9-1-1 (nine-one-one or nine-eleven) is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is one of eight N11 codes.... 3-1-1 related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
~ Related Subjects ~9-1-1 (2) - Subscriber (1) - Public switched telephone network (1) - Modem (1) - Fax (1) - Decimal (1) - North American Numbering Plan (1) - N11 code (1) - Emergency telephone number (1) - 4-1-1 (1) - 1-1-2 (1) - String (1) - October 2 (1) - 1996 (1) - Baltimore, Maryland (1) -~ Community ~
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