[outages] IPAWS/FEMA National Test - VoWIFI

[Carlos Alvarez]

Yesterday I verified that I had everything disabled, and still got the test.


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Carlos Alvarez
602-368-6403
On Oct 4, 2023 at 1:34 PM -0700, Brandon Svec via Outages <outages at outages.org>, wrote:
> If not aware, it is possible to disable test alerts on iPhone like today’s specifically. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516
>
> I noticed mine was off the other day and turned it on in anticipation of today’s test.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 4, 2023, at 12:27 PM, Jay R. Ashworth via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have a report from a usually reliable source that he did not receive today's
> > IPAWS/CMAS/WEA test message, and he surmises this might be because his phone
> > handset is forced to VoWIFI.  I have a number of other reports, mostly though
> > not all, from the broadcast engineering community; nobody reported expecting
> > a CMAS and not getting it, so that's not data here.
> >
> > Is anyone on the list involved with the FEMA/IPAWS/CMAS link, or knows someone
> > who is, and has a channel to clear this query up through?
> >
> > I could be unsurprised to find that the carrier VoWIFI proxies missed out on
> > proxying SMS Cell Broadcast, which I gather provides the underlying PHY for
> > CMAS.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- jra
> >
> > --
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