XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-06, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I think it has been EU regulation for decades now. As for GSM, it's   
   apparently part of the standard.   
      
   So if in one of these cases it is not ubiquitous, something is wrong?   
      
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   Nuno Silva   
      
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