Emergency! Emergency! Will you get the alert?

[Ax^]

Maybe someone could fit a SIM card to a teasmaid.

imagine the chaotic scene in nursing home across the country today at 3 pm today when whole generation of older people suddenly had a craving for a cup of tea

 

[marty21]

Got it on my phone & my work phone , which I forgot to turn off .

 

[farmerbarleymow]

So it'll be no use come the alien invasion if they're warning the aliens too.

 

[Ax^]

anyone surprised ankin has his own face as a screen saver

 

[spirals]

Mr spirals and I have the same phone model on the same network and were next to each other in the car. Mine went off, his didn't.

 

[danski]

I got it (quite a few minutes after my gf) and quickly silenced it as I was busy

 

[Dystopiary]

Nowt heard here, but then my mobile is [very] old school !

Same.

 

[Pickman's model]

Mr spirals and I have the same phone model on the same network and were next to each other in the car. Mine went off, his didn't.

had he turned off the alerts?

 

[spirals]

had he turned off the alerts?

Nope, we checked

 

[A380]

I have tracked down the model in question, it was an early 1970s one with giant lights either side.

The alarm sounds right near the end of this video (at about 7 minutes 39 seconds), though frankly the boiling sounds were usually loud enough to wake everyone well before the alarm.



By the way my phone was an iphone, on O2 and if anything the alert arrived slightly early, some seconds before the clock on the phone hit 3pm.

TBF I used to fantasise about getting a goblin in my bedroom in the late 1970s...

 

[weltweit]

I didn’t get it but assume that’s because no mobile signal
I have got wellies on though

The wellies short out the signal, especially if they are wet!

 

[DotCommunist]

No alerta for me. Clearly I'm on the C Ark

 

[The39thStep]

It might be a coincidence but we haven't heard from brogdale

 

[A380]

Anyone else notice the difference between the 1500 alarm and the 1430 VIP alarm on their phone?

I imagine that's to make sure we get to the shelters ahead of the queues.

 

[Epona]

I turned it off on our phones here, I was quite anxious about having a loud noise going on due to my sensory issues.

Tbf, if a nuke was about to land on me I honestly feel like I would rather not know what was about to happen, rather than spend my last few minutes in terror.

 

[DotCommunist]

Anyone else notice the difference between the 1500 alarm and the 1430 VIP alarm on their phone?

I imagine that's to make sure we get to the shelters ahead of the queues.

 

[moochedit]

I turned it off on our phones here, I was quite anxious about having a loud noise going on due to my sensory issues.

Tbf, if a nuke was about to land on me I honestly feel like I would rather not know what was about to happen, rather than spend my last few minutes in terror.

It wasn't as loud as i was expecting it to be.

A nuke might be a bit noisy though

 

[a_chap]

 

[quimcunx]

My friends working for 3 today so I guess he's had a repetitive afternoon.

 

[NoXion]

Fuck-all happened here alerts-wise. No noise, no text, no notification, nothing. My phone's an ancient Huawei Kestrel running some decrepit version of Android. Network is EE. Device was switched on and fully charged at the time. I'm pretty sure my phone doesn't even have the option to turn off such alerts, I'm sure that I would have seen something like that during all the times I've had to dig through my phone's settings for various reasons over the years.

Genuinely annoyed at that, actually. Contrary to the nightmares of traumatised Cold War babies, there are plenty of potential disasters that might warrant the use of the warning system that don't involve being incinerated mere minutes later. Shit like that needs to actually work.

 

[B.I.G]

Fuck-all happened here alerts-wise. No noise, no text, no notification, nothing. My phone's an ancient Huawei Kestrel running some decrepit version of Android. Network is EE. Device was fully charged at the time. I'm pretty sure my phone doesn't even have the option to turn off such alerts, I'm sure that I would have seen something like during all the times I've had to dig through my phone's settings for various reasons over the years.

Genuinely annoyed at that, actually. Contrary to the nightmares of traumatised Cold War babies, there are plenty of potential disasters that might warrant the use of the warning system that don't involve being incinerated mere minutes later. Shit like that needs to actually work.

The alert system uses the software on your phone.

It can't work if your phone doesn't support the software.

They could send a text instead but that wouldn't be the same test.

 

[NoXion]

The alert system uses the software on your phone.

It can't work if your phone doesn't support the software.

They could send a text instead but that wouldn't be the same test.

Well that's fucking stupid. Pretty much anyone with a functioning mobile phone can receive a text, even those Nokia bricks favoured by drug dealers. Why the fuck would they use some alert system that doesn't even have as much reach as SMS? I bet some private company got a fat juicy contract for that software. Useless fucking dicks.

 

[weltweit]

I was dosing in bed nominally watching BBC News on the phone when the alert came in, it woke me from my slumbers. When I had worked out what it was I touched the OK button and it was gone leaving no trace as far as I can see.

Not very exciting.

 

[B.I.G]

Well that's fucking stupid. Pretty much anyone with a functioning mobile phone can receive a text, even those Nokia bricks favoured by drug dealers. Why the fuck would they use some alert system that doesn't even have as much reach as SMS? I bet some private company got a fat juicy contract for that software. Useless fucking dicks.

Because it made a loud noise and because it takes ages to send 90 million text messages.

Still whatever you think is right eh.

 

[moochedit]

Fuck-all happened here alerts-wise. No noise, no text, no notification, nothing. My phone's an ancient Huawei Kestrel running some decrepit version of Android. Network is EE. Device was switched on and fully charged at the time. I'm pretty sure my phone doesn't even have the option to turn off such alerts, I'm sure that I would have seen something like that during all the times I've had to dig through my phone's settings for various reasons over the years.

Genuinely annoyed at that, actually. Contrary to the nightmares of traumatised Cold War babies, there are plenty of potential disasters that might warrant the use of the warning system that don't involve being incinerated mere minutes later. Shit like that needs to actually work.

You need andriod 11 minimum. Athough if you can't see an option to turn off the alerts then it's almost certainly not compatible. Also your phone, sim and tariff all need to be on 4g or 5g for it to work. 3g and 2g don't work although they are due to close down soon anyway. 3g actually closes before 2g.

 

[NoXion]

Because it made a loud noise and because it takes ages to send 90 million text messages.

Still whatever you think is right eh.

As a system for alerting the general population, this test has proven it to be an abject failure. That's not a matter of my opinion, that's been objectively demonstrated.

 

[WouldBe]

TBF I used to fantasise about getting a goblin in my bedroom in the late 1970s...

Euphemism?

 

[B.I.G]

As a system for alerting the general population, this test has proven it to be an abject failure. That's not a matter of my opinion, that's been objectively demonstrated.

They tested it so they can work on it, plus the percentage of people that will have phones capable will be higher next time.

But whatever.

 

[A380]

Well that's fucking stupid. Pretty much anyone with a functioning mobile phone can receive a text, even those Nokia bricks favoured by drug dealers. Why the fuck would they use some alert system that doesn't even have as much reach as SMS? I bet some private company got a fat juicy contract for that software. Useless fucking dicks.

It's an ETSI international standard. It can be configured for different base stations (Masts) and so areas. I think that there is an ETSI standard for broadcast 'traditional' SMS but it's too clunky for real world use. I'm sure someone with more knowledge than me will be along with more details.

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(I only went to ETSI's HQ once, it's lovely just outside Nice with a view to the Alps from the canteen. Wish I'd been more...)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I didn't get an alert.