Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Kevin Shymkiw <kshymkiw () gmail com>]

Google Pixel2XL on VZW. Didn't receive anything

Kevin

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 13:34 Chaim Rieger <chaim.rieger () gmail com> wrote:

> IPhone on vzw here. Received
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:23 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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