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Old 23-04-2023, 18:45   #54
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Re: UK Emergency Alert Mobile Phone Test - 3pm 23/04

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Originally Posted by joglynne View Post
Could I ask why?

I don't question your decision just interested in your reason.

I am also interested in seeing if I end up with 2 alerts as I have a duel sim phone with both sims active. I believe it isn't triggered by our phone numbers but sent to all phones and, if so, will only be recieved the one time. Sorry if I'm not making sense but my brain isn't in gear yet. Too many meds.
What is the point of them? I can’t conceive of a “National emergency” that could impact me to the level that would warrant the government sending an unsolicited text to prepare for it.

So I’d rather not have them mithering me.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
2G and 3G networks will all have been retired by their operators by 2033 at the latest. Presumably el gov didn’t think it useful enough to insist the technology was installed on them. In any case, 3G was never rolled out as extensively as it might have been (arguably, Nu Labour prioritised high spectrum bids over onerous licence requirements around geographical coverage). Rural areas are the very place you never get a 3G signal.
2G will continue to the bitter end of switch off date most likely, but 3G will disappear quite quickly
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