[82617] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 911, was You're all over thinking this (was: Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Knowles)
Mon Jul 25 06:55:02 2005
In-Reply-To: <dc2cuv$q91$1@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:54:22 +0200
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 9:55 AM +0000 2005-07-25, Peter Corlett wrote:
> <rant> And why should the UK change its numbering system just because
> a few dumb Yanks who can't be bothered to learn local customs? Does
> 999 get through to the emergency services in the NANP? Does 112 work
> on non-GSM phones? How about Australia's 000? </rant>
It would be nice if everyone in the world could agree on a single
"emergency services" number, which would work when dialed from all
types of communication devices. However, that's a standards issue
that would need to be addressed by the ITU.
Until then, we've got what we've got, and I don't see much in the
way of operational relevancy here.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>
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