Comcast outages continue even in areas with PG&E power restored

Jared Mauch jared at puck.nether.net
Sat Oct 12 21:14:58 UTC 2019



> On Oct 11, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Matt Hoppes <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
> 
> And this is why the distributed nature of small node’s is detrimental in an extended power outage.
> 
> There is no practical way to back them up with power for an extended period of time.

This is why I’m concerned about a future with micro-cell sites, we will have a few fortresses with cell service but the day-to-day service won’t look anything like the outage service and is likely to fail catastrophically as a result.

- jared


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