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 Post subject: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Thu 01-28-2010 12:18PM 
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Everyone picking up their phones at once because of S&T's emergency alert test... :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Thu 01-28-2010 3:53PM 
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And again I state: Why is the message 2 part, and why does the time delay between repeat msgs so little that I get 2 copies of the 2 part message at once? Kicking me out of my YES reply several times... UGH.

When you say "To acknowledge this message, reply YES and send", the "and send" is a given part of the reply process. This cuts the message to below 160 and would half the number of texts sent... COME'ON </GOB>

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Thu 01-28-2010 9:53PM 
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Try getting two of everything and see how you like it then.

So yes, I got:

2 emails
2 phone calls
2 voice mail messages
2 pairs of a 2-part text message



It'd be nice, a couple years into this fucking thing, if they had the kinks ironed out.

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Fri 01-29-2010 3:45PM 
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If you press "1" on the first call, all subsequent contacts will cease. It is working EXACTLY the way it has to work as cell towers overload and to ensure that emergency messages get through, 2 cycles have to be run. The message WAS less than 160 characters. Just some carriers break them up for no good reason.


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Fri 01-29-2010 5:29PM 
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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
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UGH... Guess that's a Sprint ftl then..

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
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UGH... Guess that's a Sprint ftl then..

Add Verizon to that list as well.


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
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Cylord wrote:
blitzvergnugen wrote:
UGH... Guess that's a Sprint ftl then..

Add Verizon to that list as well.

T-Mobile too. Can't blame the carriers if they all had the same problem...


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
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While I was a student, AT&T broke the message up when it was sent as well.

Blame the sender.

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Sat 01-30-2010 12:37PM 
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locutus wrote:
If you press "1" on the first call, all subsequent contacts will cease. It is working EXACTLY the way it has to work as cell towers overload and to ensure that emergency messages get through, 2 cycles have to be run. The message WAS less than 160 characters. Just some carriers break them up for no good reason.


Kind of a problem when you're teaching a class at the same time it's being sent.....

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Sat 01-30-2010 3:50PM 
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Seeing as how this is an emergency alert system, I'd rather see students annoyed instead of un-informed in case of an actual emergency. Overall, I'd say it's effective as an alert system.

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Sat 01-30-2010 6:26PM 
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Exactly. It's tested to know it will ACTUALLY WORK if a true emergency occurs.

But it is easier to complain than understand...


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
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Honestly, I don't really have anything to complain about either, with maybe a small exception as to the text message. Seems like it was 8-8-9 characters over, and that could probably be squeezed out of the extra spacing between sentences as well as changing "&amp;" to "&" .

Other than that, I'd have to agree with locutus and heretic; if some poor freshman decides to go postal during finals week, I'd much rather get 2 text messages, 2 emails, and 2 phone calls telling me to stay off campus rather than waltzing into a scene from Modern Warfare 2...


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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Sun 01-31-2010 11:22PM 
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I got one call, and so did several other people in the lab I was in. The calls didn't hit all at the same time, they were spaced out about 15-20 minutes. My phone was the first to go off, and I could hear other going off for about 20 minutes after that.

Not terribly helpful if you're on campus when something happens.

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 Post subject: Re: A funny thing...
PostPosted: Mon 02-01-2010 12:59AM 
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the naked prophet wrote:
The calls didn't hit all at the same time, they were spaced out about 15-20 minutes. My phone was the first to go off, and I could hear other going off for about 20 minutes after that.


It would be curious to know what order the calls were made, as in were they dialed numerically or did were they called in alphabetical order by the account holder's name?

That could be something worth knowing.

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