Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Chaim Rieger <chaim.rieger () gmail com>]

Asked co-workers that are on att and about half say they didn't get it.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:26 Milt Aitken <milt () net2atlanta com> wrote:

> I got it on a Verizon Android.
>
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> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Andy Ringsmuth
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 2:53 PM
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> Subject: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test
>
> Did anyone on AT&T or an iPhone receive the test today? I believe it was
> supposed to happen at 2:18 EDT, followed by one on broadcast radio at 2:20
> EDT.
>
> I’m in CDT, so 1:18 and 1:20 p.m. CDT.
>
> Message was heard on my desk radio at 1:21:35 p.m. CDT but as of the
> sending of this at 1:52 p.m. CDT, nothing on phones. I have an office full
> of AT&T iPhones and not a single one of them alerted.
>
> FEMA says https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test
>
> "Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30 minutes
> beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, WEA compatible cell phones
> that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose
> wireless provider participates in WEA should be capable of receiving the
> test message. Some cell phones will not receive the test message, and cell
> phones should only receive the message once."
>
> My wife, with a Sprint iPhone, received the test.
>
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