Read? Is it a text?Vrede too wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 4:25 pmThis article is a little short on detail, but it sounds like you're correct that it can be and has been geographically limited - by cell tower rather than phone number.O Really wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:43 pmI haven't read about it in detail, but I'm guessing a message wouldn't necessarily have to go to all cells just because it could. I'd think some localization would be possible. However, since cell numbers a totally portable, my 305 area code doesn't necessarily mean I'm affected about what's being alerted in Miami. Or maybe they just know where the phone is.... woo woo woo woo.
Wireless Emergency Alerts
It doesn't really say when a "Presidential Alert" might be used . . . and whether that's a message we even want to read.
Presidential Alert: Mueller has been arrested and executed, martial law has been declared.
Presidential Alert: We begin bombing in five minutes.
I thought it would be a voice message that makes me have to answer another call from another computer