CSPAN FCC News Conference February 3, 2018
Many in the Public Safety community have said wireless Emergency Alerts need to be more precisely targeted to areas where there is an emergency. When Deadly Wildfires igniter in Northern California last october, some local authorities chose not to push out a wireless alert. They cited fears you look would have gone out to people who are not in harms way, potentially provoking a mass exodus that could clog the roads and prevent those actions in danger from reaching safety. With todays action of the commission has addressed this problem and made an important lifesaving tool even more effective. ...