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Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test


From: Jeremy Austin <jhaustin () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 11:23:20 -0800

I received it. On AT&T, but not on AT&T Wifi Calling — I got it about :30
EDT, when I went outside within range of a 4G signal.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:22 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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