Don't be naive - the fact that they didn't test SMS or the Internet constitutes a success in my book: the day that a government agency can reach in and interrupt all Internet transmissions to transmit *any* message is a day that I turn off my laptop and PCs. Not to mention, if the capability exists for a national EAS over the Internet, the same capability is feasible for attackers with a far more dangerous agenda.

Second, this is what tests are for - afaik this is the first national EAS test. There are bound to be glitches. For my part my Comcast off-brand cable station was interrupted at 11am PDT, for 30 seconds, just as anticipated. Identify the glitches, rerun the test. Rinse, repeat. What exactly is your point in branding this test a FAIL?

I am less convinced of the necessity of a national EAS. A message with a national magnitude probably means we can all bend over and kiss our tuckuses goodbye.