telco power, was: NY Blackout and Cell Usage

In <[email protected]> Steven J Sobol <[email protected]> writes:

>In alt.cellular Steve & Susan <moc.enilepip@ykkams> wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:06:47 -0500, Steven J Sobol
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>... but as mentioned, whether the
>>>phone had power isn't the point.
>>
>> I guess you were referring to the CO battery.

>Indeed I was. If all you have is a cordless phone that needs electricity
>to run, you should get one of those $5-$10 trimline phones that gets power
>from the phoneline, just in case of emergency.

>The big issue is whether the COs are powered.

As others have mentioned, and as I personally experienced, while the
central offices themselves may survive a Russkie nuke hit and keep running
for weeks, a hefty portion of even "regular" phone lines are served by
remote (off site) equipment. And these gizmos tend to only havebattery
backups good for only a few hours.


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In alt.cellular danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote:

> As others have mentioned, and as I personally experienced, while the
> central offices themselves may survive a Russkie nuke hit and keep running
> for weeks, a hefty portion of even "regular" phone lines are served by
> remote (off site) equipment. And these gizmos tend to only havebattery
> backups good for only a few hours.

I wonder what would happen with my parents, out in an out-of-the-way part
of Geauga County, Ohio. The Alltel "CO" that serves their phone line seems to
simply be a box on the side of Route 86. The only true CO that I know of
in Geauga County that's owned by Alltel would be the one in Chardon.

Only a couple cellular carriers have good coverage out there. Actually there
are three - but in an emergency like this, I wonder how quickly the towers
would fill up.

I should probably ask them - they were without power at work in downtown
Cleveland, but I didn't find out what happened at the house. They are halfway
between Cleveland and Erie, PA and were well within range to have been
affected by the outage.

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needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
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# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


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the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it.

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.

# 28 29 30

the blackout 2003 is a good thing because the system
needs to be tested now and then to fix it and the
best thing about a blackout in the subway is having
sex in the dark with someone you don't know.


yes yes yes it's a good thing unsafe sex.