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http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/28/mountaineer.cellphone.reut/index.html
There's a module in this story... somewhere.
There's a module in this story... somewhere.
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Zappo said:My cellphone company allows emergency calls even if your prepaid is empty. I thought everyone allowed that.
Oh. That sucks.hong said:That applies to the GSM network used in Europe, and is something required by EU law. It isn't required anywhere else, AFAIK.
Zappo said:Oh. That sucks.
I think that if I found myself dying in the snow and with a cellphone, and unable to use it because my prepaid is empty, the bitter irony would drive me insane before I die from cold.
hong said:
This happened to an NZ climber on Everest a few years back. He was trapped in a blizzard, and he knew there wasn't any hope of surviving. He called his wife on his mobile to say goodbye.