Emergency rules for net telephony
 

*Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7132229.stm)*
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Watchdog Ofcom has ruled that firms which route phone calls across the net must connect to 999 and 112. Before now net phone firms have not been required to connect to emergency numbers. This ruling applies to those firms which let customers call normal national phone numbers. Ofcom says the stipulation is needed to ensure that during an emergency people can summon help as quickly as possible.

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