Comcast, New Bedford, MA - EAS Required Weekly Test (10/26/11)

This required weekly test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) was sent about twelve times between 2am and 4am on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 on the Comcast system serving Dartmouth, MA (New Bedford headend). The reason is officially unknown why this test was repeated so many times. Within the following week, a similar series of reoccurring tests were sent. This appears to also have happened in other markets including Philadelphia, PA and Atlanta, GA, all in the late night/early morning hours. These tests could be occurring because Comcast is testing its EAS equipment in preparation for a national test on Wednesday, November 9th.

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• Comcast
• Dartmouth

[easfan]

In the second row I had that 2

[zachmamaw]

@statefairshows i get it when it does weekly test too

[writerga]

@writerga and I'm in Georgia, btw.

[writerga]

I just saw this three times in about five minutes.

[sk8cynic]

It's doing the same damned thing here in Georgia, starting at 2:00 am. After a half hour, I started logging whenever it repeated. Here's what we had to deal with: 2:33:36 2:34:44 2:35:49 2:39:34 2:40:46 2:43:09 2:44:20 2:41:57 2:45:31 2:46:43 2:47:54 2:49:05 2:50:16 2:51:28 2:52:39 2:55:53 2:57:03 2:58:15 2:59:28 3:00:39 SO FUCKING ANNOYING!!!!!

[neptunestarbaby]

Its doing the same thing tonight 10/28/11

[neptunestarbaby]

@rjcabral Strange ... But i notice the same thing the other night in New Bedford

[statefairshows]

EAS Participant? Wow. Haven`t seen that one before