• E-mail alerts are available from a variety of sources

  • You can sign up for geographic area(s) of interest

    • E.g., your home, your workplace, your child’s school

  • Messages may be quite detailed.

  • You have to sign up

  • If you roam away from a subscribed area you have to sign up to get messages there

  • If you are receiving email, data service coverage is required

  • Sometimes messages stop unexplainedly.