Reply to: On 23 April

[Dark Black]

More info here for thems that are concerned

https://www.gov.uk/alerts/how-alerts-work

Interesting that they only work with certain mobile OS's which contradicts my belief that it shouldn't matter what type of phone you have. I thought it was network dependent rather than phone type.

EDIT: and more here
https://www.gov.uk/alerts

I always thought too.. functionality is there apparently.. (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Emergency_Alert_System)

The alerts will only be available on devices that connect to the UK's 4G and 5G networks, and not 2G or 3G,^[15]despite Cell Broadcast being part of the GSM specification since before 2G adoption was widespread in the UK.

[Eirikur]

My phone is permanently on silent as I don't answer calls on it and don't want to listen to annoying jingles when playing and adverts when browsing Do these alerts override the volume setting?

Yes

[ladymuck]

More info here for thems that are concerned

https://www.gov.uk/alerts/how-alerts-work

Interesting that they only work with certain mobile OS's which contradicts my belief that it shouldn't matter what type of phone you have. I thought it was network dependent rather than phone type.

EDIT: and more here
https://www.gov.uk/alerts

[tazdevil]

My phone is permanently on silent as I don't answer calls on it and don't want to listen to annoying jingles when playing and adverts when browsing Do these alerts override the volume setting?

[ladymuck]

Will this alert only affect smart phones? Just wondering what, if anything, I can expect to receive on my 20-year old Nokia.

I wonder if they'll exclude mobile broadband devices.

I believe that it's phones connected to the UK mobile networks. Last I checked that's all types of phone.

If you've got a mobile dongle I can't see how that would make a noise as they don't have speakers? The SIM card they contain may receive an alert text.

[DealorNoDeal]

Will this alert only affect smart phones? Just wondering what, if anything, I can expect to receive on my 20-year old Nokia.

I wonder if they'll exclude mobile broadband devices.

[Eirikur]

[WTFH]

Why on National Talk Like Shakespeare Day?

That is the question.

[ladymuck]

Why on St Georges day?

Why on my Uncle's birthday?

Why on World Table Tennis Day?

Why on National Talk Like Shakespeare Day?

[vetran]

They can have lots of flags behind them.

Btw haven't you noticed that the Tories love standing/sitting in front of the Union flag? Labour under Starmer quickly followed them.

Its quite common for Politicians to stand in front of the flag. In the US there are flags everywhere in even the most enlightened companies. Here its just a picture of the queen in most Government places.

[SueEllen]

This is a UK thing isn't it? And ministers are unionists.

They can have lots of flags behind them.

Btw haven't you noticed that the Tories love standing/sitting in front of the Union flag? Labour under Starmer quickly followed them.

[WTFH]

This is a UK thing isn't it? And ministers are unionists.

So, not an England thing, or a Georgia thing.

[d000hg]

So various government ministers can sit/stand behind flags when talking about it.

This is a UK thing isn't it? And ministers are unionists.

[Uncle Albert]

They should do it at 3am.

And then every 15 minutes for the next 6 hours.

[NotAllThere]

They should do it at 3am.