On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 15:40 -0400, Paul Mossman wrote:
> > Just to make sure: the SRV 1/2 thing is a joke right?
Yes.
> > I'd like to know more about why people/companies employ
> > non-standard emergency numbers. If this is a safeguard
> > against mis-dialing ("what am I to dial - 9-911 or 911 if
> > always dial 9 to make external calls" - then gateways should
> > be configured to strip extra prefix).
>
> Companies with large buildings or campuses may want to have a
> non-standard emergency number. When help arrives at the front door,
> someone from the company needs to be ready to lead the way to the
> emergency.
>
> Allowing for the extra 9 is probably solely as a safeguard against
> mis-dialing.
My understanding is that in the US at least it's a simple rule: dialing
911 MUST work and MUST NOT go to anywhere but the local PSAP - it's not
ok to divert those to the corporate security desk or anything.
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