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minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 days agoWhen I was a kid, I used to dial 911 all the time. Because all you’d get was a recording. “The 9 1 1 emergency number is not in effect in the area where you are. If this is an actual emergency please hang up and dial your local emergency responder.”
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 days agoI love how they are not even considering redirecting to the correct number. Nope, you’ve got to learn the culture or die.
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoI believe a bunch of countries do reroute 911 to the correct code if it’s dialed today.
minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoWell, I don’t think they had the technology to do that back then. We had a party line at the time. And a phone with a rotary dial. I’m kinda old.
When I was a kid, I used to dial 911 all the time. Because all you’d get was a recording.
“The 9 1 1 emergency number is not in effect in the area where you are. If this is an actual emergency please hang up and dial your local emergency responder.”
I love how they are not even considering redirecting to the correct number. Nope, you’ve got to learn the culture or die.
I believe a bunch of countries do reroute 911 to the correct code if it’s dialed today.
Well, I don’t think they had the technology to do that back then. We had a party line at the time. And a phone with a rotary dial. I’m kinda old.