"Scott" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:21:45 -0000, "divoch"
wrote:

In addition to my 3 PAYG phone (with not much credit) I took with me a
phone
fitted with new 3 Zero SIM - just in case I needed it. However, I forgot
to
activate roaming before going. I only realised this when seeing "Emergency
calls only" displayed on the phone's screen. I wonder whether I would
have
succeeded in making a call to 112 . Has anyone actually tried it?
regards
divoch

I think you will find that is the meaning of 'Emergency Calls Only'. I
seem to remember an agreement that emergency calls would still be
allowed even if a phone has no credit. I think that call can also be
made using a different network if only network available is different
to the phone's own network. I am sure Google could provide the
answers.


It depends on each countries emergency call arraignments.

e.g. the UK has only just arraigned for phones with sims to be able to
make emergency calls roaming on UK networks.

Don't assume when roaming you'll automatically have access to anything

You can have roaming activated whilst abroad by calling your
UK networks CS

Steve Terry
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