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Remember that loud piercing noise that came out of your smartphone's speakers on October 4th? It was the government testing the National Wireless Alert System. You shouldn't have been surprised by it because. The jarring alert revealed the location of phones hidden by some inmates in prisons and also led to the discovery of smartphones in Amish communities. The Amish are not allowed to own a modern piece of technology such as a smartphone.
We assume that the inmates caught having a hidden phone ended up in trouble and possibly had their"stay" extended. Members of the Amish community who were hiding a phone ended up shunned, ignored, isolated, and ostracized.
As the carrier told the FCC,"Cell sites serving twelve cities ... in Texas were off-the-air during the initial transmission of the alert. Once restored, the alert would have been transmitted and those subscribers that didn't receive the alert from the surrounding area or other providers would have then received the alert. This may have impacted approximately 35,000 subscribers."told the regulatory agency that it,"...
A nice feature that the FCC is requiring will force the carriers to include maps in Wireless Emergency Alert messages that show the location of the alert recipient compared to the location where the emergency is taking place. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said that while the WEA system remains voluntary for network operators, it should be mandatory.
Rosenworcel said,"These are important changes to the Wireless Emergency Alert system. These are the devices we have in our palms, pockets, and purses at all times. Every carrier and every device should be capable of receiving these warnings. This should not be voluntary. It's time to update the law," An update to the law that forces the wireless providers to carry the alerts would probably require congressional approval.
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