XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 05/12/2025 17:15, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-05, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/12/2025 11:17 am, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-12-01, rbowman wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I've had no need to call 911, the equivalent to 999 or whatever the UK   
   >>>> emergency system uses but that would also be interesting.   
   >>>   
   >>> At least for calls over GSM (the point here being that I don't know   
   >>> whether "wifi calling" will still honor this), I think you're supposed   
   >>> to be able to just dial 112, no matter where you are.   
   >>>   
   >> What's '112'??   
   >>   
   >> (DuckDuckgo seems to think it is an American R&B group who are going   
   >> 'on the road' for a tour .... or, rather, they were going on the   
   >> road.)   
   >   
   > Emergency number in the European Union and in GSM handsets.   
   >   
   Not ubiquitous even there.   
      
   MY GSM handset knows about 999.   
      
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