Comments on: FCC greenlights text message emergency alert system

There's plenty of red tape ahead, but when program is finalized, participating carriers' customers will get texts warning of nearby tornadoes or missing children.

[imacpwr]

How long before that gets hacked..!

People are going to running around in panic once someone figures out how to hack that system. How long will it be before I can say.. "I told you so..!"

[Manhattan2]

At the Manhattan 2 Project we call these GPS alerts and Satellite alerts

We have been working on these types of applications for years. How to capture and then distribute the alerts is what we have explored.

We call it GPSalerts and Satellite alerts. Sensible Engineering!

[Mel in Hi]

Cellular networks will LOVE this

I can certainly see why the cellular carriers would sign onto this. Every time an Amber alert goes out, kaching $.05 times the number of customers goes into their bank.

The ONLY way I would support this is to REQUIRE the carriers to NOT charge the customers for these incoming text messages. Otherwise, I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW, thank you very much. Where's my chance to OPT OUT of this anyways?

[aileen72]

FCC National Alert System

I called verizon & told them I wanted to Opt-Out. They put me on their no solicitation list and said I would not receive any of the notifications from the FCC once it goes into affect. Verizon told me the FCC will send the notifications to them and they will forward them to their customers. I told them I use my cell as my alarm clock and I don?t want it going off at all hours of the night for weather alerts & amber alerts. Thats what the internet, radio & TV is for. And if we?re begin nuked, I?m dead anyway. I guess its to give me time to get dressed for it