Transmission delays in the emergency SMS -service
Type: Fault over Status: In repair
Starts: 21.08.2024 from 11:00 Ends:30.09.2024 to 10:06
30.9.2024 klo 10:06 The delay has been fixed.
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Parts of emergency SMS -messages have been transmitted with delay to the ERC-system. The messages in question have been of long length. We advise users of the emergency SMS -service to write messages as short as possible: address, municipality, what has happened and the name of the sender.
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