Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion

Mon Dec 27 04:07:20 UTC 2010

Once upon a time, Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net> said:
> You are likely already at the mercy of some local hut for your
> dialtone. Very few things home run to the co these days. It's unlikely
> any hut has more than 24 hours of battery. 

The AT&T (formerly BellSouth) cabinets around here mostly have natural
gas generators included, so they almost never go out.  The cable
companies, on the other hand, might have enough battery to last through
a brownout.

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.