999 Call from canceled Eircom line, possible ?

Satts

I have recently cancelled my Eircom line and I now have broadband and phone through a dish.

When I pick up the handset of my eircom phone I get a dial tone for about 10 seconds and then an Eircom add comes on telling me if i want to reconnect I have to ring an 1850 number.

Just wondering as I am getting a dial tone, would it be possible to ring 999 on this phone if I had to ?

Solair

Satts wrote: »

I have recently cancelled my Eircom line and I now have broadband and phone through a dish.

When I pick up the handset of my eircom phone I get a dial tone for about 10 seconds and then an Eircom add comes on telling me if i want to reconnect I have to ring an 1850 number.

Just wondering as I am getting a dial tone, would it be possible to ring 999 on this phone if I had to ?

Basically you have a dead line with a "soft dial tone" i.e. the line is connected to the exchange, but there is no account associated with it so it will not process calls other than to a specific set of numbers.

Usually you can call eircom sales on 1901

If you dial 199000 it should tell you what the spare phone number associated with that line is (automatic service).

I'm not entirely sure if 112 or 999 will work, they might. However, I certainly wouldn't rely on it as a means of contacting the emergency services.

The line is not active, and there is nothing to stop eircom from disconnecting it completely from the exchange at anytime for whatever reason i.e. it would just have no power / signal at all.

If the line has a "soft dial tone" it can usually be activated immediately by just calling 1901 and setting up an account. They just need to click a few mouse clicks to set the line up.

I remember we moved into an apartment and we had the phone + broadband (had our own modem) up and running within 24 hours.
Phone was instant and the broadband was present on the line all along, just without any account! Once eircom provided us with log-in credentials we were online!

Satts

Solair wrote: »

I'm not entirely sure if 112 or 999 will work, they might. However, I certainly wouldn't rely on it as a means of contacting the emergency services

We use VOIP phone now with our broadband and it seems ok so far, but if there is no electricity, there is no phone. Might look into some sort of battery back up for this.
We also have mobiles in the house.

It would be nice to know if we could ring 999 from this phone and use it as a third line of defence in case of emergency.

drunkmonkey

Does 112 work in a mobile phone even if it didn't have sim?

Satts

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Does 112 work in a mobile phone even if it didn't have sim?

I believe it does work.

drunkmonkey

So do I, never tried it though didn't want to cause an emergency

Satts

drunkmonkey wrote: »

So do I, never tried it though didn't want to cause an emergency

I'm in the same boat with the landline, tempted to ring it, but I know I will not.

drunkmonkey

Were you an altar boy 2 : )

Satts

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Were you an altar boy 2 : )

No, I was too shy. Just as well by all accounts !!