>> one isn't watching their stuff... the fellow that the incident
 > happened to
 >>didn't even use the proper 555-xxxx phone number to begin with... if he
 > had, h
 >> wouldn't have had the problem... it only takes a small bit of research
 > and/or
 >> to ask others in the know...
 >
 > Yes indeed.. not sure how Ward twisted that event to Malcolm's case.
 > 000- in Malcolm's zone could easily be blocked by nodes in Australia..
 > 1-areacode-555-0000 was an unknown entitity, previously
"safe" for this
 > particular node, and still safe for users of my phone company.. and
 > probably many others in the states.  I'm not saying people should use
 > that sequence, but the situations in Malcolm's case and this node's case
 > were very different.



      I fail to understand how *anyone* from outside the 1-* dial system could
actually get connected to an emergency system.  In the "India"
example, I'd have to dial "011" plus the country code, plus the
routing code, plus the local number.  No where would this ever translate
into a pure "911".  I'd say the same should apply to Australia,
or wherever else.  So all that would be needed is to simply do not have
whatever their *local* dial codes mimic their emergency number(s) entered
into their nodelist.  Ditto for anywhere else.





                       .....Bob

--- GEcho/32 & IM 2.50