In message MPG.20f93fa7a4d5925f98ab17@text.usenet.plus.net,
Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> epmhop@gmx.de declared for all the world to hear...
>> If you want to use it as "emergency" phone only a SIM lock should not
>> matter.
>
> Well it matters a great deal!
>
>> At least here in Germany any phone will allow you to make an
>> emergency call in any network even with no SIM card at all.
>
> In the UK this is not the case (and this is a UK group).

Really? I always thought that you were able dial 999 without a valid SIM
card in the phone... never tried it though. Maybe just as well I never
needed to!

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Chris.
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