....only in an emergency of course!
I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
same.
But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
The reasons given were...
- You're call will be connected more quickly
- They will know your location
- You are less likely to be disconnected
Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
> ...only in an emergency of course!
> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
> same.
>
> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
> The reasons given were...
> - You're call will be connected more quickly
> - They will know your location
> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
I'd always thought that, both from a landline and a mobile in the UK, 112
and 999 were exact synonyms of each other - that there was no difference
between the two.
I *think* that my mobile (Nokia) allows 112 to be dialled even with the
keyboard locked, whereas it doesn't allow 999 to be dialled with it locked.
For obvious reasons, I'm not going to try it to confirm/refute that! The
last time I had to ring 999 (and I rang that number rather than 112 because
the former is more deeply engrained in my memory) I unlocked the keyboard
first, forgetting about the 112 special case.
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> ...only in an emergency of course!
> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
> same.
>
> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
> The reasons given were...
> - You're call will be connected more quickly
> - They will know your location
> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
>
> Bob Coates
>
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> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> ...only in an emergency of course!
>> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
>> same.
>>
>> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
>> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
>> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
>> The reasons given were...
>> - You're call will be connected more quickly
>> - They will know your location
>> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>>
>> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
>>
>> Bob Coates
>>
>
> absolute nonsense.
>
Indeed, although from an old fashioned loop disconnect land line you would
get through 2.3s sooner...
"R. Mark Clayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "J-A-K-E" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> ...only in an emergency of course!
>>> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
>>> same.
>>>
>>> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
>>> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
>>> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
>>> The reasons given were...
>>> - You're call will be connected more quickly
>>> - They will know your location
>>> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>>>
>>> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
>>>
>>> Bob Coates
>>>
>>
>> absolute nonsense.
>>
>
> Indeed, although from an old fashioned loop disconnect land line you would
> get through 2.3s sooner...
>
nearer 2.2s due to the time taken to moves ones finger from the 1 to the 2
;-)
[email protected] wrote:
> ...only in an emergency of course!
> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
> same.
>
> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
> The reasons given were...
> - You're call will be connected more quickly
> - They will know your location
> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
>
> Bob Coates
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:48:08 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Indeed, although from an old fashioned loop disconnect land line you would
>get through 2.3s sooner...
>
That never seemed much of a problem after a half mile sprint to the nearest call
box (Button A/B)
Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Gaz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>
> [snip]
>
>> Call the far snappier:
>>
>> 0118 999 881 999 119 725.........3
>
> You watched it as well..?! I thought it started out as promising, but then
> it degenerated into total crap I reckon. Doubt I'll watch any more.
>
> Ivor
That sketch was very very funny, worth the episode alone.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> ...only in an emergency of course!
> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
> same.
>
> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
> The reasons given were...
> - You're call will be connected more quickly
> - They will know your location
> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
>
> Bob Coates
>
Rubbish, both numbers go to the same place. Response from police depends if
you're one of them or know them, that's dealt with first from what I see on
TV! Next is whether you give your details or not, no details and it's often
treated as a false call. With details it depends on the person logging the
call, how interested they are.
You're probably better phoning the nearest police control room direct, that
puts you through to the operations room so your call can be relayed on the
radio immediately. Having a call centre were people are miles away and not
familiar with local places causes a lot of misunderstanding. *****ings,
areas, also accents.
> You're probably better phoning the nearest police control room
> direct, that puts you through to the operations room so your call can
> be relayed on the radio immediately. Having a call centre were
> people are miles away and not familiar with local places causes a lot
> of misunderstanding. *****ings, areas, also accents.
And where are the numbers of the "nearest police control room" published so
you know what number to ring? Are these emergency numbers (ie with
sufficient staff to answer the phone within 3 rings or whatever the target
is) or will you be kept waiting with a "your call *is* important to us"
message? Naively, I thought that by definition, 999 was routed to the
nearest police control room, once you'd gone through the "Emergency. Which
service?" / "Police, please" dialogue.
My experience with 999 police is that they have great difficulty
understanding one's location. I've given road numbers and names, motorway
junctions etc and found that the level of comprehension and listening to
what I'ved actually said is very poor. I reported an accident on a
roundabout on an A road near a junction on the M1. Despite saying "it's on
the south-west side of Wakefield, on the A636, about 300 yards north east of
Junction 39 of the M1, at the junction with Durkar Low Lane", the police
kept thinking I was talking about an accident on the motorway. That's not
lack of knowledge of the area, it's lack of comprehension of the English
language. I wish I had a recording of the conversation, because it would be
an excellent training exercise for the police in how *not* to deal with an
emergency call.
[email protected] wrote:
> ...only in an emergency of course!
> I'd always assumed that whichever you dial it gets routed just the
> same.
>
> But my wife has just had a "personal security" lecture at work where
> the tutor told them that if ringing from a mobile you should always
> dial 112 and not 999 for the emergency service.
> The reasons given were...
> - You're call will be connected more quickly
> - They will know your location
> - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Anyone know if this is true or not? Sounds unlikely to me!
Complete rubbish.
If a "personal security" lecture, provided by her employer is spouting
such junk, I'd be conerned about the rest of what they said - they
obviously lacked sufficient knowledge to comment properly on the 112/999
subject. What were the lecturer's qualifications to be teachjing
personal security?
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> > The reasons given were...
> > - You're call will be connected more quickly
>
> Not true.
>
> > - They will know your location
>
> Also not true.
>
> > - You are less likely to be disconnected
>
> Also not true.
Don't be so quick to dismiss it - when a cell is running at capacity,
priority is given to emergency calls, which includes dropping
non-emergency calls to make room where necessary. So the question is
whether there is any difference in the way that 112 and 999 calls are
flagged by the relevant systems.
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