On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, at 22:26, Sean Donelan wrote: > - Will this affect cellphone service? > > Generally no because this is a power shutoff, without other disaster > damage. All major switching offices have backup generators for 24 > to 72 hours and nearly all cell towers and outside plant have backup > batteries for 4 to 8 hours and/or backup generators. Service providers > should be able to re-charge batteries and refill generator tanks > throughout the power shut-off. Of course, if there is some other disaster > during this time, there would be less resiliance in the network.
In a Previous e-mail: > Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) in California wildfire high-risk areas. So, during a Power shut-off because of wild*fire* risk, operators are supposed to be able to re-charge batteries and supply generators with fuel (I suppose diesel, regular gas being even worse) in the affected areas ? Did I understand things wrong ? I don't have an issue with shutting down power preventively in order to reduce an already high risk, but pretending that other people will keep their electricity-dependent equipment up, especially by providing flamable stuff - isn't this a huge WTF ?
