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by pingu » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:47 am
A text message system which could be used to alert the public to an emergency will be tested in Glasgow on Thursday, 3 October, as part of a UK government trial of new technology.
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?ar ... +-+News%29
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by The Egg Man » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:54 am
SMS as emergency danger warning to deaf and hard of hearing people was tried a few years ago and found wanting.
Sometimes the SMS system couldn't cope with the volume.
Sometimes the SMS texts took up to an hour to arrive (which might have been a symptom of the above).
I hear the people sing.
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by pingu » Wed Oct 02, 2013 12:00 pm
ye i wondered about the delay you get sometimes.
the US has been using this system for a couple of years now and "seem" to have ironed out the problems so maybe with todays updated techno the volume might not be an issue
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