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When phones are no longer considered reliable to make emergency calls in certain places, what alternative is there? Sure it sucks for the operator to get a cal

When phones are no longer considered reliable to make emergency calls in certain places, what alternative is there? Sure it sucks for the operator to get a call, "Sorry, just testing to make sure emergency calling works, thanks, bye" and it would also suck, probably even more, for an individual to not be able to make an emergency call. Squeaky wheel gets the grease, hopefully someone improves the system, lol.

tgv 1y ago
Frequently calling the alarm number without a valid reason can be fined up to 6700 euro, or result in 3 months detention here. So if Pixel still has this bug, that's just another reason not to buy a Google product.
shawnz 1y ago
What's the threshold by which a phone isn't considered reliable enough to make emergency calls? I've never personally had an emergency call fail on a Pixel device, and I don't know the broader statistics of how often they fail for other people compared to other phones. Do you?
- interloxia 1y ago
  For Australia, it needs to be on a whitelist. https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/ https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-new-phones-unable-to-make-calls-3g-shutdown/104541440 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-new-phones-unab...
kingstnap 1y ago
You can't just say A less bad then B so we should all do A. You have to consider number of A * badness A vs number of B * badness B. If thousands of pixel users start doing test calls in mass you will actually start causing that unable to make an emergency call issue.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  And then maybe we will act and hold Google accountable for having a potentially lethal bug on their phone.
  - margalabargala 1y ago
    Or maybe not. And then everything is just worse.
Hackbraten 1y ago
What I've done is write the dispatch center a friendly email explaining what I want and suggesting that they choose any off-peak time they find convenient. A few days later, they called me and said that I could make the test call right now. Worked fine.

tgv 1y ago

Frequently calling the alarm number without a valid reason can be fined up to 6700 euro, or result in 3 months detention here. So if Pixel still has this bug, that's just another reason not to buy a Google product.

shawnz 1y ago

What's the threshold by which a phone isn't considered reliable enough to make emergency calls? I've never personally had an emergency call fail on a Pixel device, and I don't know the broader statistics of how often they fail for other people compared to other phones. Do you?

interloxia 1y ago
For Australia, it needs to be on a whitelist. https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/ https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-new-phones-unable-to-make-calls-3g-shutdown/104541440 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-new-phones-unab...

kingstnap 1y ago

You can't just say A less bad then B so we should all do A. You have to consider number of A * badness A vs number of B * badness B. If thousands of pixel users start doing test calls in mass you will actually start causing that unable to make an emergency call issue.

barbazoo 1y ago
And then maybe we will act and hold Google accountable for having a potentially lethal bug on their phone.
- margalabargala 1y ago
  Or maybe not. And then everything is just worse.

Hackbraten 1y ago

What I've done is write the dispatch center a friendly email explaining what I want and suggesting that they choose any off-peak time they find convenient. A few days later, they called me and said that I could make the test call right now. Worked fine.