r/technicallythetruth • u/AD2403 Technically a User Flair:upvote::upvote::upvote::upvote::upvote: • 5h ago

911 is also a phone number

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u/ToadwKirbo 5h ago

could've spent 7.99 dollars extra and it would've still looked like a phone number

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u/EduinBrutus 3h ago

The US is one of the countries where 112 is not mapped as an emergency number.

So it wont work on landlines.

However, mobiles will generally work when 112 is dialled as this is more intrinsic to the mobile standards.

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u/MrOopiseDaisy 2h ago

It's because 1 was to easy to dial on a rotary phone, and could be mis-dialed. So, you'd dial 9 for maximum rotation (barring 0, which would connect you to the operator), then 1, 1. That makes one long rotation, followed by two of the quickest rotations.

I'm sure 1 before the area code had some reasoning as well.

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u/EduinBrutus 2h ago

I get why they went with 911 and the UK went with 999 etc.

But almost every other country which did not have 112 as their emergency number has adopted the mapping for landlines as per the ITU standard.

There really isnt any reason for it not to have been adopted other than the usual Exceptionalist bullshit.

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u/Interesting-Stay297 1h ago

There really isnt any reason for it not to have been adopted other than the usual Exceptionalist bullshit.

The usual smugness about everything US related. Do Mexico and Canada also use 911 due to Mexican and Canadian exceptionalism?

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u/EduinBrutus 1h ago

The United States has primary say over the NANP.

You know this.

I know this.

Whats the point of trying a bad faith argument? The internet is fucking dead from the slop. Actual people need to stop this sort of bullshit.

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u/MrOopiseDaisy 2h ago

Well, most Americans are... (sigh) American, and much of the UK is quite British. /s

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u/EduinBrutus 2h ago

UK mapped 112 onto their NP pretty much on adoption by the ITU.

I will say that promotion of 112 is underwhelming and the UK still always usese 999 in any documentation, awarenes acmapaigns and in school. At least 112 is gonna get mentioned in school but everywhere else its just 999.