Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Ryan Kearney via NANOG]

Awesome, I'm looking forward to hearing about all the locations a
nationwide test was and was not received in.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:23 PM Andy Ringsmuth <a...@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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