29 Apr 2011 11:46:36 PM: Dialling 112 from a mobile handset will connect you through to emergency services just like 000 if there' no service with your carrier in your area, ie: Vodafraudsters give you no service, but there's a Telstra or Optus service available, your 000 call (by dialling 112 from your handset) will put you through.

I live in some little backwater country town in the middle of nowhere called "Robina" and had precisely this situation, my daughter was mucking around with a school friend of hers on my Total Gym 1000 workout machine and fell, headbutting a bolt on the machine's bottom, had blood gushing out of her forehead, I applied a compress, picked up my iPhone, connected to "3", dialled 000, and got the beep, beeo, beep, looked at the screen and up top left it said "SEARCHING" indicating there was no service in the area, my fault for moving out into the sticks, easy peazy, dialled 112 and within 15 seconds was talking to an operator, gave her my address and about 8 minutes the ambulance arrived, and we were on our way to Robina Hospital. Everything went alright, and my girlie girl had two stitches to show off to her classmates at her school (Varsity college). My only regret is I should have chosen my place of residence more wisely, not choosing to live in some backwater middle-of-nowhere place like Robina LOL, just because you're surrounded by houses left right and centre or you got one of the biggest shopping centres on the coast, one that's had over $20 million spent on it recently in refurbishment, doesn't mean you're going to get a decent mobile phone service, yes this is Australia, loser country full of losers, but remember, when things go pear shaped and 000 won't do it, dial 112, it's the international 911, 000, etc

29 Apr 2011 11:53:37 PM: ...and they will let you out of your contract if you make a formal, detailed complaint to the TIO - you see most aussies are completely stupid and just keep on paying their phone bills and whinge and rant and put up with crap service, so as far as the telco's concerned, TIO directives to release complainants from their contracts are a tiny minority, makes no difference to them, most aussies are too stupid to stand up for their rights, telcos comply without question (TIO rebuttal usually reserved for what they deem unreasonable complaints), doesn't happen, the population of Australia en-large is so stupid and complacent, even a few thousand directives by the TIO to release these people from their contracts, and let them keep their (subsidised) handsets will make about as much difference to their bottom line, as you pissing in the ocean at Bondi Beach, and expecting subsequent pollution effects at Main Beach, Gold Coast.. LOL