The Dane County 911 center is equipped to receive Internet-based phone calls. Internet phone companies provide the name and address of the subscriber to the 911 center.

However, if the caller is using a mobile Internet device or laptop and is not at home, the 911 center cannot independently locate the person.

Less than 1 percent of 911 calls in Dane County come from Internet-based phones, but just as cell phones have become more popular than land lines, Internet phones are expected to become more widely used in the future.

Second quarter of 2008

Total calls: 43,235
Cell phones: 28,254
Land lines: 14,231
Internet phones: 128
Source unknown: 622