Summary (and hopeful conclusion) of this thread: Depending on which country you live in, you may have to dial a different number for emergency services. It's true! If you read the entire discussion, you'll be amazed at how many emergency numbers NANOG members can name for various countries, including Russia, France, Australia, UK, Germany, and more. Although it's quite sad to imagine how long it would take an American who is burning alive in some country (let's say "Sri Lanka") to guess the emergency number there, 699935, please don't feel obligated to share yet another country's emergency phone number. Instead, if you find yourself in a potentially-fatal situation in a foreign land, just go here: http://www.sccfd.org/travel.html (Trust me. It's faster than searching through the NANOG archives for the right one.) Well, that wraps up this month's international NANOG travel safety thread. Next month, we'll be talking about the best way to hail a taxi in various countries (during a network emergency, of course). -Jason -- Jason Sloderbeck Positive Networks jason @ positivenetworks . Net