<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Exactly. And we will build it all.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The power stuff is serious people. We’ve gotten letters from the FCC over it. There is additional regulation coming down when people can’t call 911! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You need at minimum 8 hours (or your CRT response time with a generator trailer, or a standby generator or two) of battery on your telecom equipment. All of it. Everywhere. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Comcast is the worst about this, they never replace and often don’t even place batteries in their RTs at all - and they are going to get fined over it mark my words.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 25, 2019, at 8:41 PM, Don Gould <<a href="mailto:don@bowenvale.co.nz" class="">don@bowenvale.co.nz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">This is a very short term problem. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">The market is going to fill with battery storage sooner rather than later. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Solar is just exploding. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Your car will "house tie".</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">6G will solve your data problem. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">D</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><pre class="k9mail" style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif; margin-top: 0px;">-- <br class="">Don Gould<br class="">5 Cargill Place<br class="">Richmond<br class="">Christchurch, New Zealand<br class="">Mobile/Telegram: + 64 21 114 0699<br class=""><a href="http://www.tusker.net.au/" class="">www.</a><a href="http://bowenvale.co.nz" class="">bowenvale.co.nz</a><br class=""><br class=""></pre></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 100%;" dir="auto" class=""><!-- originalMessage --><div class="">-------- Original message --------</div><div class="">From: Michael Thomas <<a href="mailto:mike@mtcc.com" class="">mike@mtcc.com</a>> </div><div class="">Date: 26/12/19 2:33 PM (GMT+12:00) </div><div class="">To: <a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org" class="">nanog@nanog.org</a> </div><div class="">Subject: power to the internet </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/25/california-power-shutoffs-089678" class="">https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/25/california-power-shutoffs-089678</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">This article details some of the issues with California's "new reality" <br class="">of planned blackouts. One of the big things that came to light with <br class="">these blackouts is that our network infrastructure's resilience is <br class="">pretty lacking. While I was (surprisingly to me) ok with my DSL <br class="">connection out in the boonies, lots and lots of people with cable <br class="">weren't so lucky. And I'm not sure how bad the situation is with <br class="">cellular infrastructure, but I assume it's not much better than cable. <br class="">And I wouldn't doubt that other DSL deployments go dark when power is <br class="">down. I have no clue with fiber.<br class=""><br class="">So I guess what I'm wondering is what can we do about this? What should <br class="">we do about this? These days IP access is not just convenience, it's the <br class="">way we go about our lives, just like electricity itself. At base, it <br class="">seems to me that network operators should be required to keep the lights <br class="">on in blackouts just like POTS operators do now. If I have power to <br class="">light my modem or charge in my phone, I should be able to get onto the <br class="">net. That seems like table stakes.<br class=""><br class="">One of the things we learned also is that the blackouts seem to last <br class="">between 2-3 days apiece. I happen to have a generator since I'm out in <br class="">the boonies and our power gets cut regularly because of snow, but not <br class="">everyone has that luxury. I kind of want to think that my router+modem <br class="">use about 20 watts, so powering it up would take about 1.5kwh for 3 <br class="">days. a quick google look shows that I'd probably need to shell out $500 <br class="">or so for a battery of that capacity, and that's doesn't include your <br class="">phones, laptops, tv's, etc power needs. What does that mean? That is a <br class="">major expense for a lot of people.<br class=""><br class="">On the bright side, I hear that power generator companies stocks have <br class="">gone through the roof.<br class=""><br class="">On the dark side, this is probably coming to a lot more states and <br class="">countries due to climate change. Australia. Sigh.<br class=""><br class="">Mike<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>