[sbe-eas] FCC report on 2021 national wireless emergency alert test

[Walt Palmer]

Thanks, Ken.

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 10:44 AM Ken Evans <ken_evans at wmdt.com> wrote:

> Sean,
>
> Radioworld.com had an article that I saw linked in the NAB newsletter.  It
> was a nice article.   It had the link to the full EAS Report embedded.  As
> well as the WEA report link at the end.
>
> Radioworld article link:
>
>
> https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/national-eas-test-showed-improvement-fcc-says
>
> EAS report link in it is:
>
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-378861A1.docx
>
> Looking back it was in the Dec 30 FCC Daily Digest, two articles above the
> wireless report.  -  How's I miss that?  Could have been a busy week.
>
> REPORT: AUGUST 11, 2021 NATIONWIDE EAS TEST REPORT, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
> COMMISSION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU (DECEMBER 2021).
> FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issues a report on the
> August 11, 2021 nationwide Emergency Alert System test.. Action by: Public
> Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. by REPORT. PSHSB. Contact: Maureen
> Bizhko. DOC-378861A1.docx DOC-378861A1.pdf DOC-378861A1.txt
>
> REPORT: AUGUST 11, 2021 NATIONWIDE WEA TEST. FCC's Public Safety and
> Homeland Security Bureau issues a report on the August 11, 2021 nationwide
> Wireless Emergency Alerts test.. Action by: PSHSB. by REPORT. PSHSB.
> DOC-378907A1..docx DOC-378907A1.pdf DOC-378907A1.txt
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken Evans
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sbe-eas [mailto:sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Sean Donelan
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2022 3:44 PM
> To: sbe-eas at sbe.org
> Subject: [sbe-eas] FCC report on 2021 national wireless emergency alert
> test
>
>
> The FCC published "Report: August 11, 2021 Nationwide WEA Test" today.
>
> Overall, a well-written report. It looks like the FCC hired someone with
> research and statistics experience. They did some data massaging. Unlike
> past reports, they documented their data analysis. The report only
> analyzes the Wireless Emergency Alert portion of the test.  Nothing about
> EAS.
>
> National test results: 89.8% respondants received, 10.2% not received
>
> Most metrics show no difference between categories (provide, location,
> network, etc).
>
> There were differences with older 3G cell phones, and a software problem
> with AT&T resulting in duplicate alerts.
>
> The next steps were mostly reasonable, although they missed an obvious
> data source, Apple iOS and Alphabet Android diagnostic logs collected by
> the mobile handsets. And I don't agree fully with their analysis of the
> duplicate alert message problem, which has existed for 10 years, since the
> beginning of WEA. Although duplicate alerts have diminished over the
> years.
>
>
>
> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fecfsapi..fcc.gov%2Ffile%2F10104235237454%2FDOC-378907A1.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cken_evans%40wmdt.com%7C347337327c8648e9a1bc08d9cfc2eff9%7Cca98cc99b8524e98b8256d57dc189390%7C1%7C1%7C637769258436579280%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=FAyrUsInEODBeadXg6XWKHLQglf7x%2FdNK5RC9lnjH5c%3D&reserved=0
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