[LINK] Dangerously ambiguous advice from Google AI on making emergency calls

[Tom Worthington]

I did a Google web search to see if I could make a voice emergency call 
to Triple-0 using a Telstra data only Sim card. Depending on the wording 
of the question Google AI said yes, or no.

When I did this search: "Emergency call on telstra data sim", Google AI 
said yes, I could:

	"Yes, you can make emergency calls (000 or 112) on a Telstra data SIM, 
even if it's a data-only SIM and doesn't have a phone number"

However when I searched on "use telstra data only sim for emergency 
call", Google AI said no, I couldn't:

	"No, a Telstra data-only SIM cannot be used to make emergency calls 
(like calling 000 in Australia). Emergency calls require a voice 
service, which is not included in data-only SIM plans."

The latter seems odd, as you are supposed to be able to make emergency 
calls without a Sim card.

This came up as I have been using a wireless modem. Recently I bought a 
new modem which an RJ-11 socket for an old fashioned analog phone. This 
works fine with my phone Sim card. But I thought it would be useful to 
be able to be able to make an emergency call using the data only Sim I 
normally use in the modem.


-- 
Tom Worthington, http://www.tomw.net.au
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