 quetwoThat VoIP GuyPremium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI | reply to shashinka
Re: FIOS and phone said by shashinka:I believe they install a battery that powers the customer end for several hours. A couple of hours is not long enough! Remember the big black-out that part of the country suffered through for up two two days? If only fiber is deployed to the home, we will loose telephone support.
Your local LEC is required to keep their central offices / IDFs working, even through black outs. If their batteries go dead, they switch to desiel. During the big-black out, Linemen were running out to every pedistal and hooking up generators, and filling them up with gas often. This way, should someone have an emergency, they could still contact 911. |
