If your phone uses VoIP (sometimes called "WiFi calling") and you didn't get today's emergency alert test, that's not a bug or error, but rather a (known) limitation of the Wireless Emergency Alerting system that was tested today. WEA only works for cellular phones that are connected over-the-air to a cellular tower. A WiFi connection isn't sufficient. WEA also doesn't work for wireline phones or those connected via a cable modem.
It's not ideal, but it's not unexpected.
Matt Blaze /
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2023-10-04 23:35:20
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