On Tue, 24 Apr 2012, Robin Stephens <robinstephens@gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 April 2012 23:26, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
I suggest testing every phone for 000 calls.
How do you do this without actually dialling 000?
You have to call 000.
That should be reserved for real emergencies.
The number of calls that they get from people testing phones would be totally outnumbered by the number of people who make IDD calls (starting with 0011) and incorrectly think that their PABX requires them to dial 0 for an outside line. In terms of wasting time I believe that the biggest problem they face is people calling 000 for things which MIGHT require a police response but don't require an urgent response. That means you don't call 000 if someone is having a noisy party, to report something that happened yesterday, or because you think that someone's clothing doesn't look decent. The emergency services operators want people to be able to call them quickly. they don't want an "oops, someone died because CyanogenMod didn't accept 000 as an emergency call and I never tested it" incident. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/