Emergency alert!

fancythat, this is daft but I read on my local news website that three people had not received the alert.
As I hadn’t, (I’d just arrived back from work at my front doorstep, bang on three) * nothing* not a ping or vibration! I said to myself make that four people ..later watching the late news I realised they were referring to the “THREE” mobile provider🙄

Granmarderby10 !

DH and I both received the alert. I have a Samsung phone, he has a Nokia, we are both on O2. My DH also had a voice message, I had a text message.

I had a quiet alert and a text message that disappeared almost immediately.

But it was a trial, and I agree with the general idea.

However, the quiet alert may be that my provider only works well in certain areas.

Curious that one provider had a blanket "didn't work" at all.

Clearly a lot of work needing doing on it still.

I was watching a National Theatre Live viewing yesterday during the time of the alarm. The theatre had asked us to turn off our phones and I did. I was interested to hear the sound of the alarm but was sure that someone would leave their phone on anyway. Sure enough, the alarm sounded on one phone at 3pm and then on another at 3.05. I heard an explanation of why the timing was variable on the radio, this morning. However, it is just as well that this test took place as it seems that it was not universally successful. Lessons, as they say, will have been learned.

I'm on Vodafone and my iPhone played the alert at 2.59pm.

Giffgaff went off one minute early.

I’m with sky mobile. Mine went off at 2.59 in the shopping mall along with hundreds of others. Quite a racket!!

Neither hubbies nor mine went off. I believe lots of people around here got no notification either....Wilds of Northumberland. Think they will have to re think, re jig and re test if they want everyone and the dog to be notified. It would be interesting to know what percentage of the population received the alarm but also what percentage of the population actually have a mobile phone. I still prefer my landline

My signal is poor - unless I stand on one leg etc etc. So I thought that was why I didn't get the alert.
I'm with Tesco mobile though.

Neither my nor my husband’s phone alerted us. Switched on, notifications allowed, 2021 phones with software updates, Giffgaff, in Fife.

how does the "alert" signal save us? what to do if a genuine alert?

Big anticlimax just a beep om our phones at 2.57 that's it ! Tablets didn't go off

Apparently, a firm called Infosys is contracted to handle all these alerts.
Has anyone heard of them?

With Vodafone and not a peep. I had reminded all the family to stand by and they all got it !

Jaxjacky

Some providers, 3, Tesco, smarty and gift gaff failed apparently, hence it was a test.

My Tesco one worked, it was a bit underwhelming and was a minute early but apart from that it all worked well.

Batworthy

Apparently, a firm called Infosys is contracted to handle all these alerts.
Has anyone heard of them?

Is this a rhetorical question?

Anybody who has read about Mrs Sunak's wealth has heard of Infosys.

What exactly was the involvement in yesterday's alerts?

My entire family (all on 3 except DD on Giff-Gaff) got no message - we're obviously expendable..! 😆

I've no mobile, don't need one - however all our children/GC have phones and I understand many alerted yesterday.

There is no reception in our home, silence is indeed golden.

Batworthy Are you still there? If what you're implying is true, it's explosive.

I and my husband have identical Samsung phones on BT Mobile and mine went off at 14.59 whereas my husbands remained silent. The only difference is that my account is 5G and my husbands is 4G because he didn't upgrade his account when I upgraded mine.

Jaxjacky

Some providers, 3, Tesco, smarty and gift gaff failed apparently, hence it was a test.

A "test", but no way of reporting that we didn't get it? Not very much point then IMO, though the idea of a warning system overall is excellent. I know that my alerts were switched on but didn't get anything.
Apparently it was only for 4G or 5G phones, some say. But why? Messages are all bounced off the same towers regardless of the generation of your mobile so this just doesn't make sense. My phone receives 4G I think, but there is rarely a 4G signal locally.

My went off (o2) at 3pm but it was more of a squawk than a siren!

I am on 3 and mine didn't go off. My phone is not a year old.
My sons' didnt go either. My neighbours didn't go but her husband's and childrens did.

I suppose the point is that it was a test and it failed. Back to the drawing board.