mazilo
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Re: Power failure
said by buckeyered  :Could roadrunner be using the electric from my grid to run something so that if I loose power so do they? No. Cable operators get their power from the thin air within their local distribution hub (LDH) facility. 
Of course, both cable operators and telco get their power from the local electric grids for their local distribution hub (LDH) facilities to operate. The problem is most cable operators don't have their own battery backup UPS system built within their LDH facility. This means anyone who uses VoIP system based on such a cable operator internet feed will automatically have no VoIP connection. As such, no capability to dial (e)911. In this case, (e)911 is useless completely. The US Congress has to do something to force any cable operators to equip their LDH facility with some sort of battery backup UPS system that must last at least 8 hours during an outage period; otherwise, one should not expect to have (e)911 to operate during such an outage period.
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