[AusNOG] AusNOG Digest, Vol 49, Issue 20

Fri Mar 18 12:42:24 EST 2016

In message <56EB4783.9010908 at agentpoint.com>, Nick Stallman writes:
> 
> Plus functionally it has been 100% equivalent to 000 since 2002 so there 
> is no longer any expectation or need to know about it.
> International use is only a slight perk, probably undermined by it not 
> working on landlines..

Which requires a phone that knows to translate 000 -> 112 when you are
out of range of the carrier.

> On 18/03/16 11:08, Robert Hudson wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 18 March 2016 at 10:49, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org 
> > <mailto:marka at isc.org>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     112 is taught about in lots of places.  If you do a first aid course
> >     you will almost certainly also be taught about 112 as part of how
> >     to contact authorities to get help to you using a mobile.
> >
> >     A large proportion of the Australian population knows about 112.
> >
> >
> > I'd hardly call those who've taken professionally run first aid 
> > courses to be a "large proportion of the Australian population".
> >
> > Anecdotally, less than 20% of people in my workplace are aware of it.

Which is still a large portion of the population.

	large =/> majority

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>     Plus functionally it has been 100% equivalent to 000 since 2002 so
>     there is no longer any expectation or need to know about it.<br>
>     International use is only a slight perk, probably undermined by it
>     not working on landlines.<br>
>     <br>
>     <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/03/16 11:08, Robert Hudson wrote:<br>
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>           <div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2016 at 10:49, Mark
>             Andrews <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
>                 href="mailto:marka at isc.org" target="_blank">marka at isc.org</a>
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>               </span>112 is taught about in lots of places.  If you do a
>               first aid course<br>
>               you will almost certainly also be taught about 112 as part
>               of how<br>
>               to contact authorities to get help to you using a mobile.<br>
>               <br>
>               A large proportion of the Australian population knows
>               about 112.</blockquote>
>             <div><br>
>             </div>
>             <div>I'd hardly call those who've taken professionally run
>               first aid courses to be a "large proportion of the
>               Australian population".</div>
>             <div><br>
>             </div>
>             <div>Anecdotally, less than 20% of people in my workplace
>               are aware of it.</div>
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