[EAS] This just in: NCTA has asked FEMA to "postpone" the national test

[Alan Kline]

Too d*** bad...they've had as much time to prepare as the rest of us.

This just goes to show how unwilling the cable industry, at least as 
represented by their trade group, is to actually be a useful part of EAS.

ak

On 11/1/2011 2:13 PM, Richard Rudman wrote:
> I just received a copy of a letter from the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) to Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator.
>
> The letter asks FEMA to postpone the November 9 test due to a large number of cable systems inability to display a visual indication that the event will be a test.
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> The letter states that while some work-arounds for this have them developed, deploying and testing them in the field at a large number of cable systems is not practical in time for the November 9 test.
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> The letter mentions the potential for serious consequences, the letter states, principally that deaf and hard-of-hearing people could mistakenly believe that the test is a national emergency.
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> The letter goes on to say regarding steps to avert test problems in the cable environment.