John Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
Given that we're talking about cell phones, it seems completely
likely. Cell phones present the dialed number as a block, so there's
no ambiguity between 911 and 911X. I don't know whether UK cell
carriers map 911 to 112, but there's no technical
On Monday 25 Jul 2005 10:55 am, Peter Corlett wrote:
Does 112 work on non-GSM phones?
In most of Europe dialing 112 on any phone on a public phone network, mobile
or fixed, should get you an emergency operator.
I think in some parts of Europe it may still get you the police, instead of a
On 25-jul-2005, at 12:54, Brad Knowles wrote:
rant And why should the UK change its numbering system just
because
a few dumb Yanks who can't be bothered to learn local customs? Does
999 get through to the emergency services in the NANP? Does 112 work
on non-GSM phones? How about
At 1:18 PM +0200 2005-07-25, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
What should happen instead is that everywhere, the most common ones are
made to work as additional CNAMEs for the local one.
That doesn't work. As has already been demonstrated, there are
numbers elsewhere in the world with 999 as
On 25-jul-2005, at 13:45, Brad Knowles wrote:
What should happen instead is that everywhere, the most common
ones are
made to work as additional CNAMEs for the local one.
That doesn't work. As has already been demonstrated, there are
numbers elsewhere in the world with 999 as
Anyway, my point being: the current numbers have been drilled into
our subconscious very effectively. Throwing that away woulde be an
amazing waste of time and money.
Would it? Are humans that difficult to teach? Is all advertising
a waste of time?
This whole single number hype should end
Simon Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 25 Jul 2005 10:55 am, Peter Corlett wrote:
[...]
Does 112 work on non-GSM phones?
In most of Europe dialing 112 on any phone on a public phone
network, mobile or fixed, should get you an emergency operator.
When I wrote non-GSM, I actually
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:01:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This whole single number hype should end anyway.
In Russia it is simple, there are three numbers:
01 - Fire Service
02 - Police
03 - Ambulance/Medical response
Easy to remember especially because the number is written
Summary (and hopeful conclusion) of this thread: Depending on which
country you live in, you may have to dial a different number for
emergency services. It's true!
If you read the entire discussion, you'll be amazed at how many
emergency numbers NANOG members can name for various countries,
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:09:11 -, Peter Corlett said:
If you don't even know what country you're in, I don't fancy your
chances telling emergency services where you are...
I blinked... Did we leave (Luxembourg / Andorra / Liechtenstein ) already? :)
(Sorry, I couldn't resist ;)
world-wide, so that if you're an American in Europe, you can still
call 911 and have that work as expected.
Given that there are UK telephone numbers starting 911, this seems
rather unlikely.
Given that we're talking about cell phones, it seems completely
likely. Cell phones present the
Brad Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] I understand that the carriers have gotten together and made
sure that the various 911/112/999 emergency services numbers work
world-wide, so that if you're an American in Europe, you can still
call 911 and have that work as expected.
Given that
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:20:07 + (UTC)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Corlett) wrote:
Given that there are UK telephone numbers starting 911
When I worked with Oftel on the design of the new UK numbering schemes,
one of my strongest recommendations was for certain prefixes, including
911, to be
On 20 Jul 2005, at 21:46, Brad Knowles wrote:
In the case of regular cell phones, if you are roaming on a network
in a foreign country, or you have rented a local phone, I understand
that the carriers have gotten together and made sure that the various
911/112/999 emergency services
I don't know all that much about commercial VOIP service or GPS, but it
seems to me I've just read lots and lots of messages citing weird cases
where locating a VOIP phone won't work well as evidence that the whole
idea is a failure, while none of those cases appear to have much to do
with
At 4:19 PM -0700 2005-07-20, Steve Gibbard wrote:
At some point it makes sense to solve the problems you can solve, rather
than inventing new ones.
True enough. However, the tough problems are always the ones you
never thought of before you started building the system. Therefore,
it
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