Can I dial 999 using an Orange phone with no credit left?

I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.

The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999? If
so, that phone will be useful and I won't get rid of it.

TIA

Al D

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"Al Deveron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
> and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.
>
> The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
> runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999? If
> so, that phone will be useful and I won't get rid of it.

Yes, you can, but they recomend you dial 112 instead of 999

"Al Deveron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
> and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.
>
> The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
> runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999? If
> so, that phone will be useful and I won't get rid of it.
>
> TIA
>
> Al D

Yes you can.

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> "Al Deveron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
>> and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.
>>
>> The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
>> runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999? If
>> so, that phone will be useful and I won't get rid of it.
>
> Yes, you can, but they recomend you dial 112 instead of 999

Accidental calls from mobile phones
A great many accidental calls come from mobile phones, often when phone
keypads get knocked or squashed while the phones are in people's pockets or
bags. We are working with our comunications contractors on ways to
automatically detect and deal with this sort of call, however it is still
important for phone users to try to take precautions.

Most mobile telephones have a keypad lock that will prevent accidental
dialling to 999, however keypad locks do not often fail to guard against
another type of accidental call. The European emergency number is 112 and
this number will override keypad locks so care should still be taken to
prevent the keypad being knocked or pressed accidentally

Callers from mobile telephones should consider their location before calling
999 so that emergency services can respond as quickly as possible

Al Deveron wrote:
> I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
> and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.
>
> The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
> runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999? If
> so, that phone will be useful and I won't get rid of it.

Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
every 3 months).

"Rob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Yes you can.

Can you kick it?

On 30 Jun 2006 09:19:12 -0700, "bob_builder" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
>every 3 months).

Ah, yes; good point! Thanks to the other respondees too.

Al D

Al Deveron wrote:
>> Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
>> every 3 months).

Is that so? Some phones can make 999 calls without even a SIM....
correct me if I'm wrong someone!

"Marc" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Al Deveron wrote:
>>> Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
>>> every 3 months).
>
> Is that so? Some phones can make 999 calls without even a SIM.... correct
> me if I'm wrong someone!

You're wrong.

Well...... not exactly wrong. Although the handsets are perfectly capable
of making an emergency call without a SIM being present, none of the UK
networks will carry the call.

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>
> I have an Orange Pay-as-you-go account. I temporarily lost the phone,
> and bought a new phone and signed up with Virgin.
>
> The old Orange account has very little credit left. After that credit
> runs out, would I still be able to dial (and get through to) 999?

Yes, until Orange cut you off for inactivity (typically between 6-12
months).
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Regards
Jon

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> Al Deveron wrote:
> >> Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
> >> every 3 months).
>
> Is that so? Some phones can make 999 calls without even a SIM....
> correct me if I'm wrong someone!

You are correct, but no UK networks support that feature so in this
country it won't work.
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Regards
Jon

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:26:13 +0100, Marc <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is that so? Some phones can make 999 calls without even a SIM....
>correct me if I'm wrong someone!

All GSM phones can make an emergency* call without a sim

No UK network will accept an emergency call from a phone without an
active sim

*An emergency call is a call to 112. Most phones will also treat a 999
call as an emergency call, but don't depend on it.

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"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Al Deveron wrote:
>> >> Only until Orange cut off the line (unless you make a chargable call
>> >> every 3 months).
>>
>> Is that so? Some phones can make 999 calls without even a SIM....
>> correct me if I'm wrong someone!
>
> You are correct, but no UK networks support that feature so in this
> country it won't work.
> --
> Regards
> Jon

Why is this?

It seems very very stupid. If your SIM messes up, which has happened to me,
where's the backup?

Robert wrote:

> Why is this?
>
> It seems very very stupid. If your SIM messes up, which has happened to me,
> where's the backup?
>
>

Because the call is then very difficult to trace. And they cannot call
you back.

Backup, if it's that important carry more than one phone... Most of the
time i think most people are near a phone they could use in an
emergency. It's only a problem if you are alone in middle or nowhere...
In that case run and find a payphone, or someone else where possible!

I actually carry more than one phone most of the time!