XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 12/7/2025 7:48 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 7/12/2025 11:46 am, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:48:12 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I think all of these (000, 999, 911) are supposed to be phased out   
   >>> in favor of 112. In the new system, all "special service codes" begin   
   >>> with 11x. The USA, of course, is not joining world standards.   
   >>>   
   >>> As a result, I think all mobile phones will route any of these codes to   
   >>> the emergency response center wherever you are.   
   >>   
   >> In South Africa all cell phones have the emergency number 112, but on   
   >> landlines it is 10111.   
   >>   
   > Oh, how handy. In a Emergency, you have to stop and think "What phone am I   
   using now??"   
      
   I'm willing to bet, that if you phone 112 on the landline,   
   an informative message will give you the correct number   
   to call, like if it is 10111. The number space on each   
   phone, for special numbers, has to be mapped properly.   
   They could not afford to miss a detail like that.   
      
   For example here, I cannot remember what number I would be   
   phoning, but I have heard (burned into acoustic memory) this while   
   I'm waiting for someone to answer.   
      
      "If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911"   
      
   That's what I would expect, from an unmapped short number.   
   They will tell you what number to use, in that recorded message.   
      
   Not everything in the phone system is tested.   
   But some things are tested. And that would be one of them.   
      
      Paul   
      
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