 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Simple Solution <sarcasm>
Never use FIOS!
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 53059959Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | I could care less about landlines, and would gladly accept fios. i'll just use my cellphone if power goes out. most towers around here have battery/diesel backup anyways |
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b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA Reviews:
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1 edit | said by 53059959:i'll just use my cellphone if power goes out. That may help in a short term small area outtage but don't count on it during an actual emergency. Last time we had a real emergency here the celphones were all jammed. They were even anouncing on the radio for people to stop trying to use their celphones because the police and fire departments need them, my POTS line worked fine and there was plenty of circuits avaialble. |
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Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI | That's because an AT&T building there was literally burning for a while, and a lot of landlines and cablesystems were knocked out entirely from it. That was a fun day to work for AT&T |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | reply to 53059959
said by 53059959:I could care less about landlines, and would gladly accept fios. Exactly. Those people who cannot accept the risks of FIOS should avoid the technology altogether and stop getting in the way of us who want this service.
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 KoolMoeAw ManPremium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD | Nice troll, again. I'll bite.
I don't see anyone trying to stop FIOS deployment (so you can't get the service). I see legitimate complaints about the service itself which, hopefully, will be a reason to make the service even better.
As the OP in the quote points out, some folks may not have a choice if VZ decides to remove all copper from a given area - essentially forcing a move to FIOS.
It's funny...well, more lame, that the workaround for a dead FIOS box is to rely on the cellphone. The two, hugely flawed, assumptions are everyone has or can afford a cellphone and that everyone can get reception at their house.
Not much of a workaround, that. Until FIOS can maintain the same uptime as POTS, VZ should certainly NOT force it and, in the least, be truthful about the potential risks.
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b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA Reviews:
·Comcast Formerl..
3 edits | reply to Primis1
said by Primis1:That's because an AT&T building there was literally burning for a while, and a lot of landlines and cablesystems were knocked out entirely from it. That was a fun day to work for AT&T Nope not the emergency I was talking about.
This »www.historylink.org/essays/outpu···_id=5468 is the emergency I was refering to. No telephone lines, cable lines, AT&T buildings, or cel towers were involved. But every celphone provider was useless simply because the system was overloaded. |
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 SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
join:2003-05-20
Wild West
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I agree. If VZ is trying to hype this service as "The next step" in telecom, they need to enable it to perform at a level that is truly worthy of a next step. As history tells us, 4 hours is no where near enough time to get a power outage repaired.
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tperl
join:2005-11-15
Columbus, OH | reply to b10010011
I did not have a cell phone back in 1999. |
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b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA Reviews:
·Comcast Formerl..
| said by tperl:I did not have a cell phone back in 1999. Neither did I, now you do, I do and pretty much everyone else does too. Thats just going to lead to cel-system overload even faster in times of emergency |
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just unhook the battery until you need to use the phone. That way the battery is not drained and it will have a charge when you need it. When the power come back on, hook the battery back up. |
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xirianPremium
join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY
kudos:1 | reply to b10010011
said by b10010011:said by 53059959:i'll just use my cellphone if power goes out. That may help in a short term small area outtage but don't count on it during an actual emergency. Last time we had a real emergency here the celphones were all jammed. They were even anouncing on the radio for people to stop trying to use their celphones because the police and fire departments need them, my POTS line worked fine and there was plenty of circuits avaialble. During the huge power otage here, I couldn't get through via landline, but my cell phone worked perfectly. Just because it goes one way one time, doesn't mean it'll always be that way. |
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to Primis1
Ah so the outage in Texas was related to that fire eh..
Could of swore Ma Bell said it was something else lol.
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | reply to b10010011
they also have more capacity nowadays... |
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tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 Reviews:
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last I checked, they don't force FIOS upon you, but only rip out your copper when you order FIOS. Has something changed where now VZ is sending trucks to just remove everyone's copper now?
People can stick with copper if they want - they just wont get the fast, leet, hawt internetz speeds (big tubes).
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Actually I think you need to look at some of the world statistics on power outages. Less than 1% outages last longer than 4 hours, so a four hour backup will service the majority of outages.
The 1% which are longer than 4 hours are the exceptional and usually occur only every few years. Now who's fault is that VZs or the power company.
I think you have a few more issues to consider than not having access to a landline telephone.
When you consider all the factors (cell phone, outage duration, take up rates on cell phones etc), very few people are going to be without some form of communication. |
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said by tperl:I did not have a cell phone back in 1999. I did. This is a fun game. I did not have cell phone in 1995. |
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