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Same here in italy, they're testing the alert system. Only my huawei called it "presidential" though, the xiaomis just called it an alert.

However i am assuming that the european alert standard is based on an earlier protocol than LTE, does anyone have any info?



Right after the IT-alert the quality of my mobile internet connection plummeted for almost an hour, my ping from Italy to Netherlands was between 100 and 600ms (usually it's 30-55ms).

My guess is that some people weren't aware of the test and started calling their relatives asking questions.


I have a pixe 6 so maybe this "Presidential" thing is from the US.


same in germany around the 1st. was at a store with friends from the US and china. Everyone one's phones started to ping. Even the US and china ones on roaming (or local sim cards? don't really know)




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