cell broadcast settings

rhod · June 9th, 2011, 05:42 AM

hi does anyone know what cell broadcasting is? i have the option to tick or untick the service in call settings on thr DHD. I was actually looking around the menus to figure out that battery dialler issue then stumbled across this.

if someone knows what it is could they please tell me if i should have it ticked, thanks!

rhod

El Presidente · June 9th, 2011, 07:19 AM

Just leave it unchecked. Not sure if it has any impact on battery.

Network providers can use it to send data to mobile devices to connected to a specific cell tower. For example, on an old nokia, if I turned it on, I'd get the dial code of the area I was in displayed on the screen.

It can be used for other things too apparently, but that's all I've seen it used for.

D-U-R-X · June 9th, 2011, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by El Presidente

Just leave it unchecked. Not sure if it has any impact on battery.

Network providers can use it to send data to mobile devices to connected to a specific cell tower. For example, on an old nokia, if I turned it on, I'd get the dial code of the area I was in displayed on the screen.

It can be used for other things too apparently, but that's all I've seen it used for.

Just been speaking to my dad, who works as a telephone engineer - he said he wasn't 100% sure, but confirmed the same as El P, saying that one of the functions is to do with area dialing codes.

rhod · June 9th, 2011, 08:00 AM

thanks for the info. I'll leave it unchecked. I saw the option and the geek in me just had to know what it did lol.

El Presidente · June 9th, 2011, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by D-U-R-X

Just been speaking to my dad, who works as a telephone engineer - he said he wasn't 100% sure, but confirmed the same as El P, saying that one of the functions is to do with area dialing codes.

Is it used for anything else? Seems a tad pointless.

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Originally Posted by rhod

thanks for the info. I'll leave it unchecked. I saw the option and the geek in me just had to know what it did lol.

Hehe, I have turned on so many options with multiple electronic devices for this very reason.

D-U-R-X · June 9th, 2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by El Presidente

Is it used for anything else? Seems a tad pointless.

He said that it does that, but he wasn't sure what else it did - said it's something he's not really come across to be honest!

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Hehe, I have turned on so many options with multiple electronic devices for this very reason.

Think we've all been there!!

Amerie · June 9th, 2011, 10:19 AM

This got my curiosity piqued. According to Wikipedia:

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Cell Broadcast is not as affected by traffic load; therefore, it may be usable during a disaster when load spikes tend to crash networks, as the 7 July 2005 London bombings showed. Another example was during the Tsunami catastrophe in Asia. Dialog GSM, an operator in Sri Lanka was able to provide ongoing emergency information to its subscribers, to warn of incoming waves, to give news updates, to direct people to supply and distribution centres, and even to arrange donation collections using Celltick's Cell Broadcast Center, based on Cell Broadcast Technology.

So apparently it does have a use! (I'll stop being geeky now).

rhod · June 9th, 2011, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Amerie

This got my curiosity piqued. According to Wikipedia:

So apparently it does have a use! (I'll stop being geeky now).

good find. i'll perhaps tick it back on if 2012 ever happens.

cheers

KpjCoffey · March 17th, 2012, 02:19 PM

Most SMS (Short Message Service) messages are sent from 1 user to another, 1-to-1, or from 1 user to several, 1-to-several. Normally the originator is notified if the message was not delivered.
CB, or Cell Broadcast, is an SMS sent to every user within the range of a particular Cell Tower, without knowing who those users are. As Wikipedia says, "Cell Broadcast is a technology that allows a text or binary message to be defined and distributed to all mobile terminals connected to a set of cells. Whereas SMS messages are sent point-to-point, Cell Broadcast messages are sent point-to-area."
You may want to read the 2002 PDF "Advantages and Services Using Cell Broadcasts: Reaching Millions in a Matter of Seconds" from the Cell Broadcast Forums, Berne, Switzerland, at www.cellbroadcastforum.org/downloads/pdfs/AdvantagesServices.pdf

kpjc+

Jonagpa · December 18th, 2012, 02:30 PM

I just received an amber alert on my phone through the cell broadcast app (not listed in the app drawer). Child was abducted.

I would leave it on as im not only sympathetic for these type of messages but in case of a disaster. could be the difference between life and death...