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Yes, that's how SMS emergency alerts work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast
by Gare 3y ago
Yes, that's how SMS emergency alerts work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast
- Scoundreller 3y ago> is part of the 2G, 3G, 4G LTE (telecommunication) and 5G standards Interesting as Canada's system only works on LTE or higher (we still have 3G here). I camped on 3G for a while because they kept sending out Amber Alerts at the "Presidential" level for custody disputes. Gov repeatedly denied any issue but haven't sent any for a while. Either people stopped "abducting" their own kids or they changed their threshold-to-blast.
- kalleboo 3y agoWas your 3G on CDMA2000 rather than the 3GPP UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA standards? That could account for the difference
- Scoundreller 3y agoOne of our two big networks was, the other was not.