 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | LOL and what's up with cable? I have yet to see TWCNYC to install battery for my cable modem...
It's more than interesting that FIOS has to have everything whereas nobody complains about the total lack of backup power in case of cable or DSL modems. |
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Regualer modems dont have backup batteries. Only the telephony modems.
RTFA.
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 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | reply to kamm
It's more about the phone backup than your internet backup supply. Granted, you can do phone and more with your net connection, but these battery backups are to maintain your phone connection, not so you can continue to surf pr0n BBR.
So I wouldnt expect a cable/DSL service to care too much about backing up a non-essential service.
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cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK | reply to kamm
There is a slight difference. Most folks expect Bell phone service to be up and running no matter what and it is suprised when this new FIOs phone service sold to them by Verizon isn't up to same reliability mark. Cable doesn't have the same reputation. I personally think anybody who gets FIOS installed and then complains about battery backup is a complete idiot. This has been cleary written about over and over yet you still get folks complaining. In my case during the hurricanes a couple of years ago we had no power for 4 days but my phone service never went down.
The problem you have here is that like any product when you start to see it go more mainstream you start to get more complaints from the not so techy crowd.
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I'll bet that clogs up the tubes. |
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