Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com>]

Weirdly, I received 3. One of them is both French/English.

More weirdly i am in the air, on the way from Nanog Vancouver to Denver. We were still in Canada airspace, and my AT&T 
phone showed clearly “no service”. The phone was NOT on wi-fi.

Screen captures if anyone wants.

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 11:52 AM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy () andyring com> wrote:
>
> 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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