Govt mobile phone emergency alert

[gintonic]

So all freedom loving individuals will switch their phone off obviously but what will ‘the govt’ be doing on their phones when everyone’s not listening? SHTF moment?

I believe the moment you switch it on you'll get the alert.

Some phones you can disable the emergency alert.

 

[palacefan]

Will not apply because I do not own a mobile and only use the red box urinals once in about forty years.

 

[wow&flutter]

Will not apply because I do not own a mobile and only use the red box urinals once in about forty years.

Every forty years, that’s some bladder control!

 

[Cheese]

Can I acknowledge it with the text "F**K THE TORIES" ?

Yes, but think about how you’d look like, if ever anyone gets to read the message.

 

[MarkW]

If it really is meant to sound an government alert - surely the day the imbeciles voted Liz Truss into the PM role we should have received something then?

 

[billo]

Yes, but think about how you’d look like, if ever anyone gets to read the message.

Hero?!?!

 

[billo]

What are the chances of the system crashing when millions of phones reply to just one number?
This is going to be a stress test for the mobile networks.

 

[gintonic]

What are the chances of the system crashing when millions of phones reply to just one number?
This is going to be a stress test for the mobile networks.

this is an established technology already in use in other countries.

 

[billo]

this is an established technology already in use in other countries.

This is World Beating UK Ltd we are talking about here
I remember in days gone bye that "Happy New Year" TXT were coming in at 04.30

 

[gintonic]

This is World Beating UK Ltd we are talking about here

not world beating anything - a well proven technology already used elsewhere

I remember in days gone bye that "Happy New Year" TXT were coming in at 04.30

yes there were reasons for that - mobile technology is a way more mature technology.....

 

[freefallrob]

Wow, I didn’t even know this was a thing, thanks for the heads up.

 

[palindrome]

This is World Beating UK Ltd we are talking about here
I remember in days gone bye that "Happy New Year" TXT were coming in at 04.30

I'm looking forward to receiving the message: 'Testing, testing, one-two-three, one-two-three, tch . . . Is this thing working?'

John

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

It'll say:

[Insert relevant emergency message here before sending]

 

[Seeker_UK]

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/uk-government-test-emergency-phone-20891784

Stand by for the tsunami of memes...

 

[Barrymagrec]

Apparently in Wales the alert will say:-

"Prawf ar Rybuddion Argyfwng yw hwn, sef gwasanaeth newydd gan lywodraeth y DU a fydd yn eich rhybuddio pan fydd argyfwng sy'n berygl i fywyd gerllaw.

Mewn argyfwng go iawn, dilynwch y cyfarwyddiadau yn y rhybudd i'ch cadw chi ac eraill yn ddiogel.

Ewch i gov.uk/alerts i gael rhagor o wybodaeth.

Prawf yw hwn Does dim angen i chi wneud dim."

That should avoid panic and confusion.

 

[KrisW]

Apparently in Wales the alert will say:-

"Prawf ar Rybuddion Argyfwng yw hwn, sef gwasanaeth newydd gan lywodraeth y DU a fydd yn eich rhybuddio pan fydd argyfwng sy'n berygl i fywyd gerllaw.

Mewn argyfwng go iawn, dilynwch y cyfarwyddiadau yn y rhybudd i'ch cadw chi ac eraill yn ddiogel.

Ewch i gov.uk/alerts i gael rhagor o wybodaeth.

Prawf yw hwn Does dim angen i chi wneud dim."

That should avoid panic and confusion.

... hmm. how do they know who speaks Welsh and who doesn’t?

 

[Barrymagrec]

... hmm. how do they know who speaks Welsh and who doesn’t?

Those that don`t jam the network by ringing back and saying WTF?

 

[gintonic]

... hmm. how do they know who speaks Welsh and who doesn’t?

selective editing by the poster. The website actually says (you'll note in both Welsh and English):

Wales
The alert will say:

Prawf ar Rybuddion Argyfwng yw hwn, sef gwasanaeth newydd gan lywodraeth y DU a fydd yn eich rhybuddio pan fydd argyfwng sy'n berygl i fywyd gerllaw.

Mewn argyfwng go iawn, dilynwch y cyfarwyddiadau yn y rhybudd i'ch cadw chi ac eraill yn ddiogel.

Ewch i gov.uk/alerts i gael rhagor o wybodaeth.

Prawf yw hwn Does dim angen i chi wneud dim.

This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.

In an actual emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.

Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information.

This is a test. You do not need to take any action.

 

[JensenHealey]

I was driving in USA when my phone received such an alert. This was several years ago. It was a hurricane/storm alert - and rather useful to know as I was barrelling down the the freeway. It was easy to deal with.

 

[wow&flutter]

Well that was an anticlimax, I didn’t even put my cup down!