topic Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020 in Announcements

Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Vivian_Y — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:48:04 GMT

Hi Community,

On November 25, 2020, provincial and territorial governments will be conducting another test of the Alert Ready system. Alert Ready is designed to deliver critical and potentially life-saving alerts to Canadians. Test alerts educate Canadians on what an emergency alert will look and sound like in the event of a life-threatening situation.

The test alert will be distributed on TV, Radio and wireless. However, not all Canadians will receive the test alert on their mobile device. This may occur for a variety of reasons; device compatibility, connection to an LTE network, cell tower coverage and device software and settings.

To learn more about the Alert Ready service, what devices are supported, and the test schedule for your province or territory, visit alertready.ca.

- Public Mobile Community Team

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

BearFBI — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:49:18 GMT

@Vivian_Y Thanks for the information !

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

totalUser — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:58:05 GMT

Thanks for alerting us

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Triguy — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:05:54 GMT

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

sa7375 — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:41:43 GMT

Thanks for the heads up.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Staliger — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:14:26 GMT

@Vivian_Y Thanks for the notification! Hopefully, everything would work well.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

wbg13 — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:33:49 GMT

Thanks for the fyi

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

dac13 — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:35:45 GMT

Good to know!

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

jimbobs — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:00:08 GMT

Thanks for the alert about the alert. Can you send out another alert to remind us of the upcoming alert?

😂

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Korth — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:51:24 GMT

I actually like these alert announcements.

It lets me test and fine-tune the finicky SMS-CB stuff in my modded messaging app, lol. The more heads-up I get the more devices I can get ready for the event.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

hbrendler — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 04:48:38 GMT

Hi Vivian,

Thank you for keeping us informed. I was good not to be caught off guard.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Pawprints1986 — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:49:43 GMT

@Korth you have me curious, what have you modded ? 🤔 I'm still wondering if there's a way to get it to not over ride do not disturb mode... Even with no sounds except repeat callers it comes through. Best I've found is a setting to not over ride silent mode, it just shows visual display which I'm cool with... I want the same with DND mode !

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Korth — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 06:06:37 GMT

@Pawprints1986

A modded version of Signal SMS. It was a project which took a few hours (almost all of the work already done by devs, I just changed and customized things I didn't like). Now I put an hour or so into it a couple times a year (because Signal updates encryption/etc, because I can't replicate things like SMS-CB transmissions on demand).

If you can code and compile then you can change any aspect of the app's behaviour you can think of, within device hardware limits. The focus of my modding was to not be confined by the various inconvenient/undesirable privacy limitations (invasions!) the consumer version of the app is legally required to implement. Plus I wanted access to iMessage emoji libraries because I interact with some iPhoners.

https://github.com/signalapp

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

NoseyNick — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 15:54:41 GMT

Thanks for your reply about the alert for the alert.

This is a reply to your reply about the alert for the alert.

"NOTICE: If you notice this notice, you'll notice this notice wasn't worth noticing"

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Korth — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:23:12 GMT

@NoseyNick

So you think we think Public Mobile thinks we think this alert about an alert shouldn't be unnecessary?

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

softech — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:41:24 GMT

Thanks for the head up.

It's good that it is only a test. Never want to have a real thing 🙂

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

treefarm — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:58:02 GMT

Thank for the notice.

Public Mobile is everything my previous provider wasn't.

Beenbable to show some friends what a great deal they can get by switching .

Keep it simple Public Mobile.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

kav2001c — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:21:57 GMT

It's most likely required....

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Triguy — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:52:23 GMT

Here’s when the test message will be issued across the country:

Alberta: 1:55pm MST

British Columbia: 1:55pm PST

Manitoba: 1:55pm CST

New Brunswick: 10:55am AST

Newfoundland and Labrador: 10:55am NST Northwest Territories: 9:55am MST

Nova Scotia: 1:55pm AST

Nunavut: No test scheduled

Ontario: 12:55pm EST

Prince Edward Island: 12:55pm AST

Quebec: 1:55pm EST

Saskatchewan: 1:55pm CST

Yukon: 1:55pm MST

Read more at MobileSyrup.com: Canada’s public alerting system issuing test on November 25

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 25, 2020

Jb456 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:46:18 GMT

Got it exactly at 13:55 EST (Quebec)