It's very difficult to properly build a resilient infrastructure when those shareholders must get their value!
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 7:33 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > The FCC asked a half-dozen carriers about their network resilience plans > last month. Comcast was not one of the service providers askedd about > their plans. > > The FCC should have looked closer at Comcast in California. While it was > expected many people would loose home Internet, voice, video service when > their Customer Premise Equipment lost power. The FCC no longer requires > battery backup for CPE. That is now a customer responsibility. > > It turns out, Comcast's outside plant was woefully unprepared to handle > long, i.e. 24 hour, power outages. And even when power is restored to > people's homes, Comcast service is often still down. > > > https://www.ktvu.com/news/still-no-relief-pge-shutoffs-disrupt-comcast-services > > > Maybe the FCC needs to ask about cable system Outside Service Plant > network reslience of Comcast. Are other cable OSP resilience similar? >
