Purdue University testing a text message alert system

Purdue University is going to be conducting a large-scale real world test using text messaging. We told you about this concept a while back.  The test will take place on September 24th with more than 7,200 recipients and will allow researchers track the actual time it takes to deliver messages to a mass audience.

“When we need to send an emergency message, time is the most critical factor. We have seen reports of messaging rates as low as 200 to 300 per minute in some environments, while we have some vendors making unbelievable claims of thousands per second,” Ksander says.

Scott Ksander, Purdue’s Executive Director of Information Technology Networks and Security, plans to share the results of the study with other universities and emergency planners. Purdue is also considering adding text messaging capabilities to their existing emergency notification system if successful.

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