Emergency Alert

[Kernow]

How was your first emergency alert?

[adidas]

"I wondered who would be first to comment!" - in the style of Captain Mainwaring...

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Joking aside - you can answer a very quick survey on the Government website about whether or not you actually received the alert:

https://surveys.publishing.service.gov.uk/s/A7XZXQ

[ladsnet]

15 minutes late here.

In true UK Government style.

So if Putin had pressed the button, my alert would have gone off 11 minutes after my arse turned to dust.

[Kernow]

I guess that proves why the test was needed. 
Mine actually happened at 14:59.

[ladsnet]

Reading the interweb... as I'm on '3' I'm lucky I got one at all.

[romeolover]

Yep mine arrived early at 14:59

What happened with 3?

[Kernow]

Apparently it didn’t work for most people who are on the 3 network.

[jumbler]

Why is the emergency tone played for a test?? This is probably what wound a lot of people up. I turned all my phones to 3G, because I didn’t want to be blasted by them - they’re only a few cms away.

That apart, the Government admits alerts should not be used to warn of terror alerts (increases panic, and false alarms). So it’s only really to be used for storms, gales, fires etc. Or maybe the odd Covid-style alert.

Another thing: this is old technology. Cell broadcasts have been around as long as the GSM system itself (30 years). So why haven’t we developed this system before now??