Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number

Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number by Spooky23 on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:14PM (#20270869)

There may be an alternate number, but it doesn’t include 911.

Any string of numbers that includes 911 dials 911.

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Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:37PM (#20270984)

Ending in 911, not just including.

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Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number by peterburkimsher on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:43PM (#20271009)

I can confirm. Otherwise it would dial emergency services when calling Taiwanese mobiles, which are in the format +886 911 ... ....

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Re:Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number by dontbenebby on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @05:56PM (#20279426)

Thanks for the correction

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