AT&T U-Verse Freaks Customers Out With Bogus Emergency Alert Message (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Friday, October 24, 2014, 10:52

This morning, some AT&T U-Verse subscribers woke to an alarming message displayed on their TV screens declaring a vague emergency, without any mention of it being a test.

“This is an Emergency Action Notification,” read the text over a large red banner. “Your channel has been force tuned to receive the Emergency Alert Message.”

Thankfully, there is not some nationwide emergency facing only U-Verse users. Instead, it appears to be some sort of large-scale glitch with the pay-TV system.

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