[LINK] Telstra to do SMS message

[Tom Koltai]

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> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Tom Worthington
> Sent: Monday, 2 March 2009 2:38 PM
> To: Jan Whitaker; link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Telstra to do SMS message
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> >Telstra to send fire warning SMS ...
> 
> Can anyone confirm that SMS was really used for this? It was not a 
> "Cell Broadcast"?
> 
Im with Tom on this - SMS is useless in this situation - the technology
needs to be cell level broadcast for affected areas only.