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Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK smartphones on 23rd April
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Interesting, my wife's fairly new android on 3 didn't work but my old one on O2 did.J_B said:Nothing here on aNdroid or aPpLe - on the Three networkTall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.0 -
Mrs Le_Kirk popped her head out of the kitchen to say that BBC news reported only three people didn't receive it. I thought, how do they know, until she clarified it was Network 3 that the news was referring to!EssexExile said:
Interesting, my wife's fairly new android on 3 didn't work but my old one on O2 did.J_B said:Nothing here on aNdroid or aPpLe - on the Three network3 -
My 2 phones went off a minute early but OH's not at all. And now he's wandering around the back garden looking like a zombie and repeatedly saying "brains!" in a peculiar voice.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Le_Kirk said:
Mrs Le_Kirk popped her head out of the kitchen to say that BBC news reported only three people didn't receive it. I thought, how do they know, until she clarified it was Network 3 that the news was referring to!EssexExile said:
Interesting, my wife's fairly new android on 3 didn't work but my old one on O2 did.J_B said:Nothing here on aNdroid or aPpLe - on the Three network .........
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Probably why you got an American.....It's always set to somewhere, usually the US by default..Le_Kirk said:Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
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No doubt all emergency services would have been inundated by callers reporting “I’ve just received a strange message, do I need do anything?”1
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Not taking anything for granted I was about to drive some tricky roads at 3pm so pulled in and waited. Nothing.
I expected to hear an alarm en masse from pedestrians, cars, houses. Nothing.
Large numbers of people on a sunny Sunday in dodgy reception areas. Nothing.
Are we paying for this !!!!! when we still haven't prepared for the next pandemic/nhs underfunding/roads full of potholes?I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
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Had mine at 14:59. Then the Welsh language version some 5 minutes later. Wonder if there’s a delay in translation but I’ll hold off on any comments about regional priorities…0
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I didn't get a voice. My phone just buzzed and a message appeared which I just touched to clear.Le_Kirk said:One minute early but why was it an American voice?
My wifes phone went off 20 minutes later. We are both on the same network and were together all of the time.0
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