On 26 Jan 2023 05:44:09 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:49:06 -0500, hubops wrote:
>
>> When we got fiber, several years ago, part of the signing bonus was a
>> ups that supplies phone only < not TV nor internet > during a power
>> outage - allowing the customer to contact the power company or
>> emergency services - especially important in rural areas
>> like ours with poor cellular signal.
>
>I'll see fiber when Hell freezes over. Not enough people on this end of
>the road that they ever had interest in putting in cable or fiber.
>

We lucked-out - our little very rural hamlet of ~ 60 homes
was on-the-way to the town of ~ 5000 that was the real
target for fiber. We were all hooked up about a year before
they were .. :-)
John T.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:29:22 -0500, hubops wrote:

> We lucked-out - our little very rural hamlet of ~ 60 homes was
> on-the-way to the town of ~ 5000 that was the real target for
> fiber. We were all hooked up about a year before they were ..

Location, location...

On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:14:27 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

> And now the best smartphones allow you to text 911 using the satellite
> service, so you dont care if the cellphone bases have run out of
> battery.

Well, if you call the iPhone 14 the best... I'm surprised they can hit a
satellite, even the Globalstar LEOs. There is a long list of caveats.

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:18:53 -0600, Mark Lloyd
<not.email@all.invalid> wrote:

>[snip]
>
>>> When we got fiber,  several years ago,  part of the  signing bonus was
>>> a ups that supplies  phone only   < not TV nor internet > during a
>>> power outage  -  allowing the customer to contact the power company
>>> or  emergency services  -  especially important in  rural areas
>>>   like ours  with poor  cellular signal.
>>>   I think the  ups  was meant to last about 6 hours < ? >
>>>     John T.
>>
>>
>> Many blackouts last longer that 6 hours. The 2003 Northeast black out
>> was the most extensive one that I can remember:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
>
>Here, most blackouts last less than 2 hours. We will have a longer one
>about every 3-4 years.
>
>Last time we had one of those long blackouts, the battery in the cable
>node lasted about 4 hours. Once, they put in a generator after the power
>had been out a couple of days.

When they turn off the water, I can turn on the faucet and get quite a
bit of water out of the pipes in my house.

How come I can't do this when the electricity goes out?