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lestat99
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Piscataway, NJ

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Re: Hurricane Sandy-Frankenstorm Outages/Issues/Updates

FIOS uses primarily passive optics so it is not as reliant on power as cable. The amplifiers and nodes in the cable plant all require power. This is one advantage of fiber vs cable. But as others have said, this in only true if you don't have fiber cuts. Fiber cuts take longer to restore.

Anon
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A couple of coat hangers and coaxial cable did the trick to pick up local stations during 4 days of no cable service in 07208.