[PLUG] Re: Verizon FIOS..Any thoughts?

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl@rogueind.com>]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Lee Marzke wrote:

> Doug Crompton wrote:
> > I also don't know what the power requirements are for the large FIOS boxes
> > they put on the poles. I assume there are batteries in there also??? The
> > bottom line is you cannot depend on it in a power failure. It is probably
> > a level better then cable which usually always goes out in a power
> > failure but not as good a good old copper.
>
> Don't know if it was a FIOS box,  but when we had the last extended power 
> failure
> after the storm some of the power poles around here had portable generators 
> chained
> to them to run the box.

Most likely it was Comcast. In another life I used to work for Suburban Cable.
It was quite common to have generators out in the field for a week after large
storms. Even chained to the pole, it was also quite common for them to 
disappear. The really critical locations we would have someone actually sit
with it to keep it fueled and make sure it did not walk away.

Regards,

Tom
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