Comment on Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoOne thing that’s worth noting is that you don’t need to be connected to a tower to receive the alert. You could be a Vodafone customer and get the alert if there’s only Telstra service where you are.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your phone still has to be able to connect to a tower (of any provider), no?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes. But if it doesn’t, it’s also highly unlikely that one of these emergency warnings would apply to you anyway. Not many cyclones hitting the deep outback.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ahhh … bushfires?
FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Might not be a problem either since there’s no bush in the Outback (correct me if I’m wrong)