Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion

Mon Dec 27 09:21:00 UTC 2010

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010, Owen DeLong wrote:

> > [Frank Bulk]
> > Some MSOs (including ourselves) have power systems (e.g. Alpha) in place
> > throughout the plant to provide backup power for at least some time.
> > 
> 
> Does that back up the cablemodem in the residence? If not, game over.

Thing is, not enough noise was made about that in the Australian National
Broadband Plan until late in the game.

I'm patiently waiting for a time when a major power outage incident occurs
and the cellular network system locally fails.

Adrian