Every teacher in the school has a phone

They do

In the city

And that's going to receive the message

Not out in the boonies

Cant get them automated texts if there is no cell service <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

They would still have a phone out in the boonies, but they wouldn't expect much coverage. But, replacing the current system with the cellular system I mentioned would change that

Pay no attention to the Weez behind the destroyer...

It would also mean, people passing through the area would get alerted as well

So right there, you have more people being alerted through the cellular system..

For example, a family driving through for whatever reason

The likelyhood of them having a cellphone is increadibly high

Your entire argument is that we should tear down an existing, effective and low cost form of communication and replace it with lower range, more expensive system and tack on a monthly cost

I didnt know you could be a socialist and a corporate shill at the same time

I thought that was just a meme

The cost to effected users would be low, since there would be more people being impacted by the system. The range can be covered through increasing the power and removing for example the 3G capabilities and the monthly fee isn't an issue since people will be given critical information automatically for free AND you can implement a system to cover any fees during that time of 'emergency' like with the 9/11 system. ALSO, it will be more useful overall outside the scope of emergencies, since people can use it to say, make phone calls whereas now they cannot.

They make local calls via landlines or long range calls via satellite wifi

Making your cell towers redundant

Almost all cell phones provide wifi calling

Satellite phones with a monthly fee?

Gosh!

Not sat phones

Those are different

So, the infrastructure is ALREADY there. All you need to do is install the towers and they're ready to go

> via satellite wifi

That's a monthly fee

Except its not

You want to install towers

>landlines are already there

Sat internet doesnt use towers

It uses satellite dishes

And to use the system, you need to pay

And good luck with that when signal is disrupted by wildfire

Voluntarily

I dont pay to use my radio

Same for the cellular network

Aside from the 10 dollar licensing fee avery few years

You get free information through it and you don't pay for the 9 / 11 system

But I do pay to call my relatives in an emergency

I dont pay on my radio

Depending on what they're planning to implement