[ale] Not so evil empire

[Thompson Freeman]

On 07/15/2009 12:19:27 PM, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> So how long does one have internet service during citywide
> power events
> such as those caused by ice storms?
> 
> On of my reasons for not giving up my Awful Telephone and
> Telegraph line
> is the knowledge that some events can both clog cellular
> service to the
> point where you get "all circuits are busy" as well as
> stop power for
> your internet phone.  The phone companies have generator
> trucks that go
> around to where the batteries are to recharge them.  In
> North Carolina I
> was once without power for 3-4 days but my landline worked
> through that
> period of time.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> mo9916 at numail.org
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:04 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Not so evil empire
> 
> > Brian wrote:
> >
> >> I have Charter telephone. I've had no real problems.
> The only thing
> to
> >> keep in mind is that, unless you put the telephony
> modem on a UPS,
> you
> >> lose phone if you lose power.
> >
> > I put my cable modem, my router, my VOIP box, and my
> cordless phone on
> UPS
> > / battery backup.
> >
> > It's nice to be able to surf and chat while waiting for
> the power to
> > return. Not to mention check the weather and call family
> for those
> > annoying tornado warnings that always seem to coincide
> with downed
> power
> > lines (as long as the cable line doesn't go with it,
> that is!)
> >
> > R~

Preinternet timeperiod, but I've had the power go off area  
wide for some 10 days, and the POTS line kept on keeping on  
for me and the vast majority of my neighbors.

That experience was a little too much like raw camping for  
my taste, so I'd much prefer not to see another Hurricane  
Hugo in my lifetime, thank you very much. At least we  
didn't get a tree stuck in the house like 5 of the  
neighbors did.

I'm not entirely sure that experience is quite sufficient  
to demand retaining a land line tho...

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> Thanks Robert and Brian for your input.  Had realized
> after talking to
> cust service when I established the service that I'd need
> a UPS.
> Thanks also for the cell phone info, as that is another
> thing I'm
> wanting
> to change.  We have a Sprint 400 shared min plan that runs
> @ $74/mo.  I
> use from 100-200 min/mo and wife never uses hers.  In four
> years she's
> used it 3 times for maybe 20 min.  Plus they charge per
> min for calls
> that
> are forward from the cell phone.  Sux
> Jim Moore
> 
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