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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Emergency Numbers (Re: The "Standards" Game)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 18:55:32 +0100
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On 2025-12-05 15:48, Lars Poulsen wrote:
> On 2025-12-01, rbowman wrote:
> rbowman>>>>> I've had no need to call 911, the equivalent to 999
> rbowman>>>>> or whatever the UK emergency system uses but that
> rbowman>>>>> would also be interesting.
> 
> On 2025-12-05 11:50, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> What's '112'??
> 
> On 5/12/2025 10:06 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> The emergency number in most of the EU.
>   
> On 2025-12-05, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> Ah!! O.K., so '112' in Europe, '911' in U.S.of A., '999' in Pommieland
>> and '000' here in Aus!!
> 
> The codes used to be all over the place. In Denmark it was
> 000; all the "special service codes" began with 00xx.
> In the UK it was 999. Both of these were picked because they were the
> longest pulse sets in the rotary dial - you wanted to avoid them being
> activated accidentally when wind cause wires to hit each other.
> Rotary dials existed in four layouts:
> 1234567890
> 9876543210
> 0123456789
> 0987654321

I'm trying to remember a key lock that was placed in the wheel of rotary 
phones, if it would impede dialing 999. It would depend on the layout.

https://share.google/muhXcSNmi6KY9slVM


> 
> I think all of these (000, 999, 911) are supposed to be phased out
> in favor of 112. In the new system, all "special service codes" begin
> with 11x. The USA, of course, is not joining world standards.
> 
> As a result, I think all mobile phones will route any of these codes to
> the emergency response center wherever you are.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;