Anyone made a cross network 999 call yet?

Tim

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Oct 28, 2009, 8:58:10 AM10/28/09

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I notice that on the 15th of this month it was at long last made possible
for you to ring 999 even in the event of your own provider's network not
being available.

Long overdue but it would be nice to know that it *actually* works rather
than just being told that it works.

Tim

JonPhred

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Oct 28, 2009, 9:12:03 AM10/28/09

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Tim has written:

If your (uncited) source is credible then you'll just have to take it on
trust. If it's not credible then exactly how do you propose that the
claim be tested?

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JL

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Oct 28, 2009, 9:23:27 AM10/28/09

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It does indeed work. Made a 999 call from a beach in West Wales using
my contract O2 phone with an 'emergency calls only' signal from
Vodafone. Worked brilliantly.

Tim

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Oct 28, 2009, 11:03:45 AM10/28/09

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Ta da! Thank you JL.

Tim

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Oct 28, 2009, 11:04:55 AM10/28/09

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JonPhred wrote:
> Tim has written:
>> I notice that on the 15th of this month it was at long last made
>> possible for you to ring 999 even in the event of your own provider's
>> network not being available.
>>
>> Long overdue but it would be nice to know that it *actually* works
>> rather than just being told that it works.
>>
>> Tim
>
> If your (uncited) source is credible then you'll just have to take it
> on trust.

I believe the source is credible, I just want some reassurance that it
actually *does* work.

> If it's not credible then exactly how do you propose that
> the claim be tested?

Duh! By asking if someone's done it? Of course that still doesn't
constitute "proof" but I doubt folk who had successfully phoned 999 across
networks would lie about it.

Tim

Steve Terry

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Oct 28, 2009, 8:39:21 PM10/28/09

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"Tim" <timdow...@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Have you any news references for this?

Steve Terry

Paulg0

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Oct 29, 2009, 5:40:54 AM10/29/09

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"Steve Terry" <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:hcao7v$iiu$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2009/10/16/999-roaming-will-mean-easier-calls-for-rescue

Paul

Tim

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Oct 29, 2009, 7:06:30 AM10/29/09

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Or from the horse's mouth

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2009/10/connecting-citizens/#more-3469

Tim

Brown Cat

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Oct 31, 2009, 3:22:30 PM10/31/09

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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:58:10 +0000, Tim wrote:

> I notice that on the 15th of this month it was at long last made
> possible for you to ring 999 even in the event of your own provider's
> network not being available.

Nice. So when are they going to let mobile users make standard calls
through any network instead of pointlessly having four masts covering
each area?

Dave Higton

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Oct 31, 2009, 5:41:43 PM10/31/09

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In message <W70Hm.28923$zt3....@newsfe03.ams2>
Brown Cat <br...@eye.invalid> wrote:

When hell freezes over.

Dave

Steve Terry

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Nov 1, 2009, 9:30:54 AM11/1/09

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"Dave Higton" <daveh...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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You'd have to move to Switzerland, which does have internal roaming
They see it as a Civil Defence necessity

Steve Terry

Adrian C

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Nov 1, 2009, 3:41:23 PM11/1/09

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Dave Higton wrote:
>> Nice. So when are they going to let mobile users make standard calls
>> through any network instead of pointlessly having four masts covering
>> each area?
>
> When hell freezes over.

Some time before that, but in the history books (er, blogs) still to
write, there will be national free access to Wi-Fi (or similar wireless
VoIP internet technology) that anybody can make a voice/vido call
without cost or contract. Those masts and their owners probably ain't
going to be doing much in the long term except for maybe the provision
of mobile television services.

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Adrian C

Jon

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:36:36 PM11/3/09

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In article <hc9g1b$gfe$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, jun...@gmx.co.uk
says...

By going to an area of known no-coverage, dialling 99 and upon the call
being answered simply sating "this is a test call, thankyou. There is no
emergency"
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Regards
Jon

Jon

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:38:30 PM11/3/09

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In article <W70Hm.28923$zt3....@newsfe03.ams2>, br...@eye.invalid
says...

One mast does not have the same capacity as 4 masts. It's not just about
coverage, capacity is important too.
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Jon

Jon

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:39:11 PM11/3/09

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In article <7l6a3jF...@mid.individual.net>, em...@here.invalid
says...

Mobile television is simply not going to happen.
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Jon

tony sayer

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:58:13 PM11/3/09

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In article <MPG.255aa5207...@news.eternal-september.org>, Jon
<sp...@jonparker.plus.com> scribeth thus

One mast -can- if its so designed, carry more than One set of aerials
for other operators.

In fact mast sharing, or "site sharing" is actively encouraged,
sometimes enforced by the planners.

Have a look at this site and you'll see many sites that have more than
the one mobile operator thereon, as well as sharing with broadcasters
and others....

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/
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Tony Sayer

Steve Terry

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Nov 3, 2009, 9:27:10 PM11/3/09

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"Jon" <sp...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Regards
> Jon
>
>
and no one's PC is ever going to need more than 640kb of memory

Steve Terry
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Tim

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:57:13 AM11/5/09

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You could have a long wait for an answer if you dial 99. ;-)

Tim

Jon

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Nov 9, 2009, 3:16:50 PM11/9/09

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In article <7lfpcdF...@mid.individual.net>, timdownie2003
@obvious.yahoo.co.uk says...

> > By going to an area of known no-coverage, dialling 99 and upon the
> > call being answered simply sating "this is a test call, thankyou.
> > There is no emergency"
>
> You could have a long wait for an answer if you dial 99. ;-)

On the other hand, they are quite tasty!
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Regards
Jon