I imagine the messages will be free, since there was a requirement to send them to out of contract phones as well (used for emergency only/battered wife shelter for example)
Those of you not living in the midwest or tornado alley probably wouldn't see the direct value of this. Most homes these days insulate so well that you never hear a warning siren. The best way to reach a mass audience these days is by text. Then you can even alert people driving in the area a dangerous storm is around.
The amber alert is a good tool too.
All of these realy on sending texts to people only in specific cell tower ranges though. Hopefully this system has that kind of specific control.
Overall though, if you look at the big picture, this is yet another reason to have all networks use the same frequencies for phones (like Europe), to make this sort of endeavor less of a nightmare. The upside for us would be the ability to buy your phone, then shop for a provider.
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I imagine the messages will be free, since there was a requirement to send them to out of contract phones as well (used for emergency only/battered wife shelter for example)
Those of you not living in the midwest or tornado alley probably wouldn't see the direct value of this. Most homes these days insulate so well that you never hear a warning siren. The best way to reach a mass audience these days is by text. Then you can even alert people driving in the area a dangerous storm is around.
The amber alert is a good tool too.
All of these realy on sending texts to people only in specific cell tower ranges though. Hopefully this system has that kind of specific control.
Overall though, if you look at the big picture, this is yet another reason to have all networks use the same frequencies for phones (like Europe), to make this sort of endeavor less of a nightmare. The upside for us would be the ability to buy your phone, then shop for a provider.