On Monday 25 Jul 2005 10:55 am, Peter Corlett wrote:
Does 112 work on non-GSM phones?
In most of Europe dialing 112 on any phone on a public phone network, mobile or fixed, should get you an emergency operator. I think in some parts of Europe it may still get you the police, instead of a choice of emergency services, but in most cases that is sufficient, and a damn site better than wondering what the local emergency number is, or trying to decipher the explanation on a public phone box. Whether you'll be able to make yourself understood once connected is another issue entirely. My only concern is the UK government persists in teaching the old (local) 999 number, to avoid confusing the terminally stupid who can't cope with the idea of remembering two emergency numbers. As a result UK citizens end up either not knowing what to dial when abroad, or having to remember which country they are in when dialing for help.