-=> On 06-25-18 14:10, Kees van Eeten wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

 KvE>  I just checked an official website for the Netherlands.

 KvE>  When you are connected to an alarm center across the border, you are
 KvE> asked
 KvE>  if you want to have your call forwarded. This only works for calls
 KvE> made with
 KvE>  a valid sim card.

So far, that makes sense.  This is not an issue I'm familiar with, because such
calls are impossible here Australia has its own "moat" that kinda makes it hard
to access cell towers from another country. :D 

 KvE>  Foreign alarm centers block alarm call from calls made without as
 KvE> simcard.

Hmm, I thought it was supposed to be possible to make emergency calls without a
SIM, or without credit.  

 KvE>  In nearly all EU callcenters English, French and German is understood.

 KvE>  Ik now that in the beginning of Voip calls, calling 112 was not
 KvE> possible
 KvE>  or appreciated, als the origin of the call could not be checked.

In Australia, the reputable providers require subscribers to have accurate
address information in their database, which is compiled into the national
number database, alongside POTS.  Now that VoIP is the only possible landline
option for many, they're going to have to just accept that. :)

 KvE>  It is ofcourse very confusing if someone uses a Voipfone with a Dutch
 KvE> local
 KvE>  number while calling from Spain. The 112 call will be received at the
 KvE> Dutch
 KvE>  alarm center.

Yes, travel will be an issue.  I took an Aussie number to the US for 2 weeks,
using a softphone to keep in touch with home.  Back then, when VoIP was
relatively uncommon, the providers did say not to use it for emergency calls,
and it was expected there was a landline or mobile phone around - the VoIP was
more supplementary.  But today, VoIP is now the only fixed line option.  That
is the case for me.


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