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    From David@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 4 14:52:00 2023
    Two of my phones, one on TMO, the other SIMless but running the Google
    Voice app via WiFi, went off at 1418.

    The third, on TMO/Voice, was silent until 1442.

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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to David on Wed Oct 4 20:18:20 2023
    In article <1200bd98-033b-4a7f-952f-429259f29b15@panix.com>,
    David <anonymized@panix.com> wrote:

    Two of my phones, one on TMO, the other SIMless but running the Google
    Voice app via WiFi, went off at 1418.

    The third, on TMO/Voice, was silent until 1442.

    I got the alert on my Verizon phone at about 14:18 as well (using
    "wifi calling", there's no cellular service in my office). Other
    people in my group, some of whom were working from home, reported
    getting the Spanish version of the alert, even though their phones are configured for US English.

    -GAWollman

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to David on Fri Oct 6 17:18:01 2023
    On 10/4/2023 2:52 PM, David wrote:

    Two of my phones, one on TMO, the other SIMless but running the Google
    Voice app via WiFi, went off at 1418.

    The third, on TMO/Voice, was silent until 1442.

    The only mobile phone that I use is an ancient Nokia 3395 which runs on T-Mobile 2G, and of course, no alert.

    A friend of mine has an Android phone with no SIM, only used over WiFi.
    I don't know if she has any kind of "Google Voice App", but she claims
    to have received no alert, either. I don't know the age of the device.

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