Has anyone else not received the pre-alert text for Sunday?

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yasssqueen20@reddit

Interestingly my phone EE received one however my work phone hasn’t but it’s a different carrier anyway

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Racing_Fox@reddit

I’ve not received anything

In fact the only reason I knew about it at all was because I happened to be travelling on the M3 for work and it was on the dot matrix there. Other than that I’d have no idea.

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ThirdWheel69@reddit

I received a text message at around 11:30am this morning from UK_Gov

On 7 Sept at 3pm, we will be testing Emergency Alerts. Compatible phones across the UK will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound. Learn more: gov.uk/alerts

I’m on EE network

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sweetlittlespitfire@reddit

4 of us in the car on the same EE plan. Two got the text within a minute of each other. One got it about an hour later and I’m still waiting for mine. Clearly I’ve been chosen as tribute.

One things for sure - I’ll be staying home on Sunday. The evening before the big storm in January, we got an alert through when I was in Lidl. But instead of the call to safety coming as one,it was like an old alarm clock croaking out its final toll: disjointed, unnerving and not quite in tune. After half an hour of what I’d assumed was a malfunctioning security alarm, I got back to the car and finally realised the government was acutely concerned for my wellbeing.

Though for the prior test, my alarm didn’t sound so my satisfaction level with the government can only be 50% (on this matter. It widely varies depending on the day, the headlines and how the weather is)

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rainbow-songbird@reddit

Im on ee and got nothing

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

Same. EE Business in my case, even though I'm not a buiness.

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TheMasalaKnight@reddit

I’m set up like that too, it’s was a while ago but I seem to get a decent contract when I renew

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Amzy29@reddit

Same but got it about 4pm

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Sc4rl3ttD@reddit (OP)

Yep that was it.

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steveakacrush@reddit

personal phone is on O2 and company phone on Voda - no notifications on either.

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

I got one and I’m on O2

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skidmeis7er@reddit

Me too

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Fit-Breakfast-3116@reddit

I got mine way later than that, it’ll just be slowly rolling out.

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

Nothing here on Vodafone (quelle surprise)

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lemonhaj@reddit

I only know about the alert because of some random news articles Google threw up on the side of my phone

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Unlikely_Egg@reddit

I'm on Smarty and have literally never had one of these alerts. Guess I'll just die then.

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LemmysCodPiece@reddit

Not a sausage as I opted out of the whole thing.

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Reasonable-Cat5767@reddit

What's happening on Sunday?

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Eoin_McLove@reddit

This post is how I’m learning that there is an alert test on Sunday.

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Livid_Painting2285@reddit

I got the text on Tuesday, I'm on O2. My husband got nothing and he's with ID mobile.

It's also on the motorway signs near me so even if people don't get a text they might see that instead.

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1968Bladerunner@reddit

Nothing for me on Three

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corysphotos19@reddit

Same but with smarty but they use the same network as you. lol

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Charyou_Tree_19@reddit

I got the pre-alert text yesterday but I didn’t get the alarm last time. Who knows what will happen? So much suspense 😐

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toady89@reddit

I’ve received one from O2 but not Vodafone on my work phone. Last time I knew I wouldn’t be in the UK so just ignored everything.

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Curiousferrets@reddit

Still nothing EE

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littlemissdizaster80@reddit

I got it this morning. I turned my setting off for it because I nearly died that last time it went off and what good is it going to do if there is an actual alert. We haven’t got a chance.

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newbracelet@reddit

I know it seems like it, but they have actually used it to keep people informed in cases of flooding or dangerously high winds.

I'll be honest, I don't want a 5 minute warning if there's a nuclear event or anything like that, but I definitely want to be told if there's something dangerous like flooding happening nearby.

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NecroVelcro@reddit

I'd appreciate real alerts if the screaming alarm weren't a standard. I've got hyperacusis and I don't need more ear pain and the shit being scared out of me.

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WanderWomble@reddit

Given how bad the moor fore in Yorkshire was the past few weeks, I could see an emergency alert being useful.

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littlemissdizaster80@reddit

I hear you. Where I live, I doubt we would have an emergency like that because the town has just spent millions on flood defences and I live up a hill. The weather, we just deal with because it Scotland. It’s either gale force winds or worse a lot of the time 🤣

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

The one I received in Australia was about the bushfire conditions for later in the day; telling us where to go, not go and what to do in an emergency. It could have been a disastrous day, but lucky the cool change came through early, and the worst did not happen.

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littlemissdizaster80@reddit

That sounds awful for you. I hate seeing bush fires. They are devastating for all. I hope you have a bushfire free summer this year. There is nowhere to go here, I don’t think. If shit goes down, I will just lay low in my home 🤣

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

I was in the city, so the advice was to stay put.

I wish someone had texted all the idiots to stop using disposable bbqs during 2022 London heatwave, when fires broke out across the city. That does not happen in australia. 🤞

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littlemissdizaster80@reddit

Nothing surprises me in the UK! Every other country seems to be organised and enforces actual rules and regs but here, it’s do what you want 🤣

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

Yeah, they take fire seriously in oz.

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littlemissdizaster80@reddit

It’s awful and the loss of wildlife breaks my heart.

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vario_@reddit

I haven't gotten a text, but my mum mentioned it to me so I guess she did. I switched the emergency alerts off in my settings so maybe that's why.

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TankFoster@reddit

Is there any way to get out of receiving it? If, for example, you're working nightshift this weekend and don't fancy being startled awake for no apparent reason.

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PipBin@reddit

Do what now? I didn’t know this was a thing

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chindilani@reddit

I haven’t received it either tome

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Cannabis_Sir@reddit

We're too poor to get an invite to the vault

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Apprehensive_Milk151@reddit

If you could use your body to shield the higher classes from the blasts, that’d be great.

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History_86@reddit

Nope I know the alert is coming on Sunday but never got a text reminding me. I’m on EE. I only heard about it off the news

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Jumpy_Stock_9675@reddit

Boyfriend received one, I haven’t yet. Currently 7:43. He’s on EE, I’m on 3. Tried googling about not getting one but nothing so far. Odd

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Therashser@reddit

I haven't my partner did last night.

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jayjaytuk@reddit

I did receive one , but honestly I don’t want to know if it’s the end of the world 🌍

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rocketscientology@reddit

Nothing from me on Lebara…but I did discover a text from my bank informing me I’ve earned a whopping £0.37 cashback from last month.

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Tough_Plankton_3152@reddit

I'm on EE and i haven't received a message either. Based Manchester.

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Necto_gck@reddit

I'm with EE and got one this afternoon.

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leobrodie@reddit

No text for me. Im on Three network

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robinmonty@reddit

Voxi user here and I haven’t received anything. My house mate has but not sure what phone network they’re on

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Barnagain@reddit

Nothing received here

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CreativeGarden2429@reddit

Nothing for me. I'm on Three network.

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ambiiee96@reddit

I got mine at 15:40

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AlwaysEatingPancakes@reddit

I received one, my son didn't. Both of us with O2.

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LochNessMother@reddit

Vodaphone - nada

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uponloss@reddit

I got one on Sunday or Monday, on o2

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nicotineapache@reddit

Well thank fuck I saw this because I live in fear of that weird sound and I'd automatically assume the world was ending.

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Sc4rl3ttD@reddit (OP)

I wouldn’t know what the sound was as I am yet to hear it 😅

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Zealousideal-Sail893@reddit

I am 02, received a text message on Tuesday, but my broadcast alert settings are turned off.

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AlarmingCharacter680@reddit

Didn't get one - Giffgaff.

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Original_Bad_3416@reddit

I didn’t get one.

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notaballitsjustblue@reddit

I opted out of the alerts. I haven’t received a pre-warning warning.

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

I've turned mine off, too. I like to think I'll get all that info from Facebook, like I do when it's raining outside, how many reps Dave did with 100kg, what Dave had for his dinner, what Dave bought from Flannels, what Dave bought today, where Dave has booked his next holiday. So, I reckon Dave will post to say there's a nuke en route and he's got all his Stone Island gear in a bunker so it's fresh for the aftermath.

Then I can stop what I'm doing, put my feet up and wait for the fireworks

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CrazyPlatypusLady@reddit

Then Thurs means that I maybe haven't turned mine off like I thought I had. I got the message, but I thought my alerts were off.

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Ok-Bandicoot638@reddit

What test?

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Fat_Bottomed_Redhead@reddit

I have 3 phones (yep, I'm a pimp), all on three network, not a sausage on any of them.

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Death_Binge@reddit

If you don't get the pre-alert text it's because a government sniper is actually going to blow your head clean smooth off at 3pm on Sunday instead.

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WitShortage@reddit

I'm on EE, and I haven't received the pre-warning warning

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Opening_Succotash_95@reddit

I'm on EE and did. Must be rolling it out slowly.

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WitShortage@reddit

Yeah, it just came in on my phone about 20 mins ago. It could well be regional as well as operator-specific

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Mysterious_Ranger218@reddit

Got one for 7pm tonight

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121daysofsodom@reddit

Looks like us EE folks will have to repopulate the planet.

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Sc4rl3ttD@reddit (OP)

🤣

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

I got mine yesterday (Tuesday) morning. It came from O2, not the government

I can't believe how difficult this is. The first time I received an emergency alert was more than 10 years ago, during bush fire season in Australia, with a SIM I had picked. up at the airport.

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Sc4rl3ttD@reddit (OP)

I know that’s that I was thinking - how difficult is it really?! 😂 just sums up the state of affairs really!

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