National SMS alert system closer to reality

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xB Owner @ Apr 10th 2008 12:49PM

Heard about this on the news last night. They talked about these mass SMS going out at a regional not national level. (Most likely county wide.) I just don't see the 10 month timeline as realistic though. None of the carriers have the infrastructure for such a system in place at this time. And at the rate most of them move with infrastructure, I doubt any of the carriers could have a whole new system up in 10 months.

As far as I know none of the carriers have the ability to send out broadcast SMS, much less break it down regionally. Beyond that, current SMS can take over an hour to arrive. With natural disasters an hour for an SMS could be an hour to long. (I know, I know... a late SMS is better than no SMS.) They would need a system with a more reliable time frame to actually be effective.

While I do think it is a good idea, I think this whole 10 month time frame is a "pie in the sky" deadline. My bet is that we would be lucky to see this implemented by the end of 2010.

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