Although I have not personally tried it, that should also apply to Canada. 911 is considered an emergency service and all cell phones are supposed to connect the call regardless if the phone is activated or not.
There are a number of organizations that offer phones to people who are at high risk of needing emergency services that are not necessarily activated just so they can call 911. It also makes it good to have an old phone with a car charger in your glove compartment so you can place a call. The only caviat I can think of is that the phone has to be active on a working network...in other words to my knowledge a GSM phone will not put a 911 call through if there is only CDMA coverage around or the older analog phones will not get a call through once analog is completely turned off. This is of course due to incompatible technology preventing a call from going through. Christopher Allsop All-Aboard Telecom -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Heagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 22, 2007 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [on-asterisk] 911 and cell phones Hi, I hope someone here know the answer to this question. I was told the other day that any cell phone, regardless if the phone has any service or not from a wireless provider, can still call 911 for an emergency. I checked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-1-1 and it does show that is it true in the US, and it also states that any land line should be able to dial 911. Here is the excerpt from the article: In the U.S., FCC rules require every telephone that can physically access the network to be able to dial 911, regardless of any reason that normal service may have been disconnected (including non-payment). On wired (land line) phones, this usually is accomplished by a "soft" dial tone, which sounds normal, but will only allow emergency calls. Often, an unused and unpublished phone number will be issued to the line so that it will work properly. Does anyone here know if this also applies in Canada or at least in Toronto? Thanks, Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
