[EAS] The need for more frequent verification tests

[Ted Langdell]

On Aug 17, 2021, at 11:13 AM, Gregory Muir engineering at mt.net wrote:

And in this politically unstable world a lot of things can happen in between where the need for national dissemination of an alert could possibly be required.

I agree. As a cold-war era child, i have to wonder if dependence or relying so much on satellites for broad-based national alerts is wise. 

Enemies could have communication birds essential for reaching the public targeted for early destruction.

Some other not-adversarial issue could cripple a necessary orbiting link. 

At one time, we looked at news wire services for alerts and test messages  AP is now VSAT based. It used to be wired. And there used to be more than one news wire service commonly found in radio and TV stations .

What are  plans B, C and D for getting a Presidential message to the PEPs,and on to the US population?  

What terrestrial means are likely components? With fiber connections in place?

Ted

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