Poll: Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK mobile phones

[uvarvu]

My phone was upstairs but I still received the alert via my watch ultra - it’s very loud.

 

[Tombstone]

Do I have to sit next to you?

No , I'd keep the first class ticket for me, you can sit in economy

 

[Mrwong]

The government now know where we all are.
Congratulations globalist big state people

Put your phone in the microwave, then into a food mixer and then in the oven.

 

[Jay85]

Yeah its super loud, i was in a supermarket and it went from general noise to loud beeps everywhere! I think some people freaked out lol.

 

[Minusorange]

according to News papers you need to be on 4G/5G with Mobile data ON, so its pointless system
if a disastar happens
3G users die
2G users die
people at home with only wifi on die
Why not just send and SMS it work everywhere

eh I thought there was a special broadcast network that was independent of the 4g/5g networks, my phone even has a section to allow various types of emergency broadcasts including an option for earthquakes, seems like a pretty stupid system if you need to be connected to mobile data to receive it, what happens in the emergency if mobile networks are knocked out ?

 

[Mrwong]

eh I thought there was a special broadcast network that was independent of the 4g/5g networks, my phone even has a section to allow various types of emergency broadcasts including an option for earthquakes, seems like a pretty stupid system if you need to be connected to mobile data to receive it, what happens in the emergency if mobile networks are knocked out ?

I guess that is what happened with the 3 network. They all dead.

 

[smilertoo]

Only the UK government would put an emergency system on the data network instead of the SMS, they really are tards.

 

[Feek]

The reason it failed for Three has been discovered. The CEO was at work, decided to turn off the alerts for himself, logged into his online dashboard and disabled them without realising he was switching them off for the entire network

 

[aVdub]

Jumped out of my skin as I had a headtorch on and was working on a live smart switch


Now the ******* government knows what I was doing....

 

[LuckyBenski]

I guess that is what happened with the 3 network. They all dead.

Yes in this fictitious test emergency, one network's transmitters actually fell over!

 

[CaNsA]

How do you go on when people ring you and you don't want to speak to them?
I just press the OFF button.

Having a phone set to "silent" will not stop this alert notification.

I'll leave the alert thing enabled but if I see 1 single yellow weather warning it's getting axed.

 

[Spannerhead]

according to News papers you need to be on 4G/5G with Mobile data ON, so its pointless system
if a disastar happens
3G users die
2G users die
people at home with only wifi on die
Why not just send and SMS it work everywhere

so its like the people with the more expensive phones and who are homeowners are more likely to live?

won't be suprised if someone in the media picks up on that and accuses the government of leaving the poor to their own fate

 

[Feek]

Only the UK government would put an emergency system on the data network instead of the SMS, they really are tards.

So you’d rather they sent a time sensitive alert by text. Not only does that mean they’d need to know everyone’s phone number but that if anyone had a phone off and then switched it on a few days later, they’d get an alert that’s no longer relevant.

It also means they couldn’t send localised alerts which is the point of this. The alert can be down to a single cell.

Good thinking. Not.

 

[Hades]

The reason it failed for Three has been discovered. The CEO was at work, decided to turn off the alerts for himself, logged into his online dashboard and disabled them without realising he was switching them off for the entire network

I'm on Three. I got the alert.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Only the UK government would put an emergency system on the data network instead of the SMS, they really are tards.

And nothing to do with SMS support being phased out over time?

 

[.:MBK:.]

isn't anything below 4g entering phase out anyway for general use?

 

[Mrwong]

And nothing to do with SMS support being phased out over time?

No, cut backs group texting costs to much these days.

 

[Raiden85]

Only the UK government would put an emergency system on the data network instead of the SMS, they really are tards.

Probably because over the Internet it's pretty much free. Bet they would have had to pay if using the SMS network. Cheap sods

 

[Feek]

I'm on Three. I got the alert.

It’s because you’re speshul

 

[cheesefest]

Sounds like the Millennium Bug 2