monkey76364 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Important Number you should note as of 25/Jul/05 09:24if you travel to work on the tube please note the following information: If your mobile phone has no signal (so even if you were in a tunnel) if you dial 112 it diverts to a satellite signal and puts you through to the 999 call centre. ALL phone companies have signed up and as it is a satellite service it also gives them a trace to you if you don't know where you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Good idea.............: (Though I watched creep yesterday and I'm never going on the tube again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 I watched that on saturday, weired old film that !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Pile of codswallop too. What was it about? Nothing was explained it was very odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Important Number you should note as of 25/Jul/05 09:24if you travel to work on the tube please note the following information: If your mobile phone has no signal (so even if you were in a tunnel) if you dial 112 it diverts to a satellite signal and puts you through to the 999 call centre. ALL phone companies have signed up and as it is a satellite service it also gives them a trace to you if you don't know where you are. Yeah right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Yeah right. I take it you dont think that is correct Jake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Well, can you get satellite signals undergroud? Also, isn't 112 the European (or Austrailian?) equivilent of our 999 and the american 911 anyway? And as such 112 would probably already connect you to our 999 emergency services ()I'm not going to test this theory though) To me it smells like a hoax to get lots of folks ringing 112 and swamping the 999 emergency number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 112 is a legit service that has been around for a while - it's the European emergency call number that works in any EU country to replace the local emergency number Nothing to do with getting a signal when no signal is available though - plain and simple if you are on the underground and your phone has no reception you can't make a call, it's not magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Jake is right, although the message is possibly still correct-ish; if you can use your mobile in the tube (and it will show reception if you can) it's because they have put cell phone (i.e. 'mobile' phone) transmitters down there, it's nothing to do with satellites I can assure you. And yes, 112 is the number for emergency services from a mobile, 999 didn't used to work when they were first brought out (but does now - but 999 and 112 are the same). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 They have been trying to develop a system for a good few years now that would let people use their mobiles on the underground, so it wouldn't surprise me. Plus people here at work seem to already know about it, but as Jake says, i'm not gonna test it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Hey dont shot the messenger ...just what I have been passed on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Hey dont shot the messenger ...just what I have been passed on lol That's what they all say pinky - next you'll be telling us that if we email all our friends Bill Gates will give us $50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 That's what they all say pinky - next you'll be telling us that if we email all our friends Bill Gates will give us $50 Damn you spoil my next post !!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 The gf got the latest yesterday, "I am a 6 year old, with no nose or ears, I am dead, if you don't send this to at least 10 people I will visit you at your bedside tonight and stab you to death!" I mean seriously what is that crap about!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 They have been trying to develop a system for a good few years now that would let people use their mobiles on the underground, so it wouldn't surprise me. In Stockholm you have been able to use mobiles on the tube for years, just a matter of having transmitters down there. I dont see what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Satellite Services are not available on normal GSM phones..they are a completely different frequency and will not work on the tube system..however!!!! There is a new service I noticed that links a local Mobile network to the satalitte services its now available on ferries and Cruise ships called 'IM-Sim' I think. How it works I guess is the ship has its own GSM base station and its conncted to the ships Immersat sytem (or whatever)...but you have to register when you get on board and the call costs are way more expensive than a normal Satellite phone... The best way to find out if there is such a system operating on the tube is to select 'Select Network' Function on your phone whilst on the tube...but if you do this and someone sees you they may think you are deternating a bomb and it will prob end up with you getting shot in the head...so dont bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 ...but if you do this and someone sees you they may think you are deternating a bomb and it will prob end up with you getting shot in the head...so dont bother. But only if you run away from the armed police who are shouting at you to "stop or we'll shoot" and leap over a turnstile in a futile attempt to get away!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 But only if you run away from the armed police who are shouting at you to "stop or we'll shoot" and leap over a turnstile in a futile attempt to get away!! "Stop or We'll Shoot" Were you there then? Back on topic slightly: I suppose if they DID have mobile phone coverage on the Tube..it would allow people to use bombs like the one in Madrid which was activated by mobile phone. Also its quite nice in a way to not be sitting next to 50 other passengers all yapping away at the top of their voice like on the train....but then we get bored coz we cant complain about anything. I got smacked in the face once in 1988 for using a mobile phone on a train lol (I prob deserved it) People used to moan about people using walkmans on the underground...they dont seem to bother now...maybe the headphones on the I-paq I-pod whatever its called is better insulated or maybe..the world has grown up a bit and we have learned to tolerate each other in this day and age !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Just to put this totally to rest; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4724101.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Good idea.............: (Though I watched creep yesterday and I'm never going on the tube again) I watchin that tonight thanks to play.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRex Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 yep thought it was not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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