Hi Adam, AG> (BTW, why is it that people used 000, 999, 911, etc for EMERGENCY AG> calls (every second counts) when we used to dial from rotary dial AG> phones, where dialling a 0 or 9 takes a long time compared to AG> dialling a 1....Why didn't we all use 111, or something similar?)
In the UK (c.1935) 111 was rejected because faulty rotary phones could easily dial that number by accident. Ultimately 999 was chosen because it wasn't hard to remember and it was easy/cheap to modify coin operated public phones not to charge for 999 calls. Regards Darren -- Comgate Telco>Internet<Broadcast -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adam Goryachev Sent: 21 June 2004 09:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Testing UK emergency dialing and LCR. On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 19:27, Storer, Darren wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > KW> By the way, it's useful to map 911 and 112 onto your 999 > KW> route for the benefit of foreigners who don't know any better. > Well, while you are at it, you might as well add-in 000, because that is what we use. (BTW, why is it that people used 000, 999, 911, etc for EMERGENCY calls (every second counts) when we used to dial from rotary dial phones, where dialling a 0 or 9 takes a long time compared to dialling a 1.... Why didn't we all use 111, or something similar?) Regards, Adam _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
