On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 21:40, Joseph McDougall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 12:01, David Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:33 AM Ben Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On 2019-10-17 17:15:38, Leo Vegoda wrote: >> > >I was under the impression that the mobile networks all allow a powered >> > >up phone to call 112 or 999 even if there is no SIM card in there. Is >> > >that not the case? >> > >> > I too thought this was the case. I just pulled the SIM on my phone and >> > it says 'emergency calls only'. >> >> It depends on how the mobile network is configured. Wikipedia has an >> unsourced claim that UK networks don't allow it due to hoax calls. > > > If for some reason it's important that you have a phone that calls 999, > you can always arrange a test call. > > Email [email protected] and they'll send you a script. They'll need to > know the CLI you'll be presenting (ie the mobile number) and the time you > want to do it all > > This is usually used for confirmation routing of a PBX, but I don't see > why they'd reject your request to test the mobile. > > BTW they'll ask you to test 112 as well. > >> Perhaps things have changed but in a previous life, when I needed to test PBX installation I would simply call 999 and state "Engineer testing, please clear the line" they would respond "Thank you" (or similar) and they would hangup. I didn't need to do any pre-arrangements. -- Kind Regards, Dave Walker
