[EAS] FCC seeks participants for WEA geotargeting test

[Sean Donelan]

This is a clever way to bypass claims by the cellular service providers 
that the performance data is corporate proprietary.

   "The Bureau will not require any Participating CMS Provider to gather,
   analyze or submit data related to their performance in connection with
   any upcoming test."

The FCC approach requires more human resources by state/local agencies.
But the results would be essentially public data because anyone ordinary 
member of the public could collect it. It wouldn't need jailbroken phones 
or nonpublic equipment, just an regular smart phone and maybe a separate 
GPS receiver to double check the report location.

Of course, cellular service providers and smartphone OEMs already collect 
performance, diagnostic and analytical data on phones by default, unless 
the subscriber opt-out. Service providers also have a lot of expensive 
field equipment in vehicles driving around the country to measure the 
performance of their networks.  That includes performance data about WEA 
reception on IOS and Android phones.