[EAS] Multilingual support for CAP messages

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Tue Mar 29 11:10:21 CDT 2016


On Tue, 29 Mar 2016, Rod Zeigler wrote:
> I still say that forcing the wireless industry to meet the same
> standards as broadcasters would be a huge step forward in the entire
> alerting scheme.

Broadcasters are not required to cover any breaking news or carry
any EAS alerts beyond an EAN and tests.  Around Washington, DC it seems
that less than 30% (based on random sampling, not complete logging of
all stations) of the over-the-air stations carry "optional" EAS alerts.
Maybe its different in your area.

What do you believe the wireless industry should be required to do that
broadcasters are required?  There are a lot of optional options.



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