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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on EBS boldly enters 21st century, preparing SMS alerts]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</guid><description><![CDATA[The EBS was phased out in 1997.  It's now the EAS (Emergency Alert System).  EAS is more sophisticated, integrating data transmission capabilities which give much more details about event types and locations than the EBS "two-tones" ever could.  The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) will further enhance the EAS enabling messages to be sent to cell phones, computers and more with a standard format.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Torsitano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 13th 2006 3:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on EBS boldly enters 21st century, preparing SMS alerts]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here in the Seattle area, we have the Regional Public Information Network (RPIN) for which you can register and receive emergency SMS or MMS messages. I signed up a year or so ago and it's been fairly effective. Sometimes, though, there are too many messages that are only relevant to a small population. I live in Seattle and have set my preferences that way, but still get messages about each local county's status. During a big storm, that's a lot of messages.<br><br>Great idea, but needs more refinement, as I'm sure will come with more experience. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Robison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 8th 2008 12:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on EBS boldly enters 21st century, preparing SMS alerts]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/07/13/ebs-boldly-enters-21st-century-preparing-sms-alerts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Correction: RPIN uses email to reach your PC, PDA, mobile, etc. I happen to receive my messages on my mobile as SMS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Robison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 8th 2008 12:56AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>