Re: [PLUG] BitTorrant and routers - and Comcast

[Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com>]

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 schwepes@netaxs.com wrote:

> Yet they advertize the ability to use their system when power is out.
> They can only do this with the coppper.  I want that but I really do
> want a faster bandwidth than I get currently.
> The house I'm moving into has three lines coming in as some previous
> occupant had both a business phone and a security system that had its
> own dedicated line.  Any ideas here?
> bs
>

FIOS will stay up when power is out. The gotcha is that you need to supply
the power for the electronics at your end. This is done with a Verizon
supplied battery. The battery lasts for about 6 hours. After that you need
to supply power from a generator or other source.

I have no idea what the specs are on the FIOS from the Verizon end during
a power outage. I know there are electronic bays on the street. They are
quite large so I suspect there are batteries in there. Anyone know??

This assumes you have analog, no power required phones, in the home. Part
of the 6 hours is supplying the 48 volts talk and 80 volt ring to the
phones. Again I do not know how they spec the 6 hours. Is it talk time or
stanby time?

Doug

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