mtbc: photograph of me (Default)
[personal profile] mtbc
When I lived in Eastern Tennessee, occasionally my mobile telephone would sound with a broadcast notification, typically amber alerts about children in a different Grand Division. The alarm usually sounded at the worst possible time, I remember one was when I was at the closing for my house purchase. I would hit OK to silence it then, at least under Android, I could find no way afterward to find what the message had been.

They are rolling out such a broadcast system in the UK and yesterday we had a test. It didn't actually reach everybody's mobile telephone, even if household members right next to them, on the same plan, did receive it. For some users, like R., their telephone subsequently lost data connectivity, even after reboots, etc. This morning, R. found a cure: turn data roaming on for a while, then off again.

Date: 2023-04-24 10:36 am (UTC)
armiphlage: Ukraine (Default)
From: [personal profile] armiphlage
I suppose it's good they tested it, instead of hoping it works when needed.

Date: 2023-04-24 06:03 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
In Florida they decided to test the emergency alert system last Saturday at 4:45 AM.

To say this was an unpopular move is the understatement of the universe.

Date: 2023-04-25 01:40 pm (UTC)
mellowtigger: (tech support)
From: [personal profile] mellowtigger
Testing is good. When I was in charge of the phone system at the Animal Humane Society, I decided to do a test of 911 (emergency) calls at all locations. I'm not sure they had ever been tested. I found one that failed to make the outgoing call. 8/

Testing is good. :) A few weeks/months after the repair was done, somebody called 911 for a guest.

Profile

mtbc: photograph of me (Default)
Mark T. B. Carroll

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 34567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 6th, 2025 06:00 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios