Turning off the Phone Alerts.

[Diasi]

I am on the 3 network, which apparently didn't get the alert -DOOMED again

There are some other services that don't work on the 3 network, as I found out when I got a 3 SIM card for our intruder alarm & had to get a refund.

It was a shame as it gave us the best signal, but I think it's something to do with the frequencies they use.

[morty]

Paul thinks that my phone is 3G and that's why I didn't get an alert.  Inferior again!

Same here ... mine is a 3G .... and apparently not many providers still use that one and have moved on to 4G and 5G.
So my little black friendly phone's days are numbered.
I'm with Tesco and they use O2s gizmos and gadgetry.

[Michael Rolls]

wish I understood more about all this - but bring back the quill pen and the small buy bearing messages in a forked stick are my ultimate solution

[klondike]

and the small buy bearing messages in a forked stick 

No crappy autocorrupt with those either 

[dextrous63]

Why can't we have beacon fires across the country instead?  Far nicer.

[Michael Rolls]

and warmer

[Alex]

And think of the toasted crumpets 

[dextrous63]

We could have pigs roasting on spits

[Alex]

How uncivilized 

[Scrumpy]

I could put a candle in the widow..

[Michael Rolls]

Just looked at the clip about it on the BBC News  site. It went off a minute early - if they can't even get the time right......