Message Length Major Concern in Wireless Emergency Alerts, NYCEM Says
Having wireless emergency alert originators craft a single, 360-character message while legacy devices display only 90-character messages could cause public confusion and frustration, said the New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) Department in an ex parte letter filed Tuesday in…
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docket 15-91. NYCEM opposes the option that legacy devices receive the first 90 characters along with an embedded URL that would link to a website with the entire WEA message. That option is problematic because anyone using a legacy device likely would not have access to the Internet on that phone, the filing said.