This is a very short term problem. The market is going to fill with battery
storage sooner rather than later. Solar is just exploding. Your car will "house
tie".6G will solve your data problem. D-- Don Gould5 Cargill
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-------- Original message --------From: Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> Date:
26/12/19 2:33 PM (GMT+12:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: power to the
internet
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/25/california-power-shutoffs-089678This
article details some of the issues with California's "new reality" of planned
blackouts. One of the big things that came to light with these blackouts is
that our network infrastructure's resilience is pretty lacking. While I was
(surprisingly to me) ok with my DSL connection out in the boonies, lots and
lots of people with cable weren't so lucky. And I'm not sure how bad the
situation is with cellular infrastructure, but I assume it's not much better
than cable. And I wouldn't doubt that other DSL deployments go dark when power
is down. I have no clue with fiber.So I guess what I'm wondering is what can we
do about this? What should we do about this? These days IP access is not just
convenience, it's the way we go about our lives, just like electricity itself.
At base, it seems to me that network operators should be required to keep the
lights on in blackouts just like POTS operators do now. If I have power to
light my modem or charge in my phone, I should be able to get onto the net.
That seems like table stakes.One of the things we learned also is that the
blackouts seem to last between 2-3 days apiece. I happen to have a generator
since I'm out in the boonies and our power gets cut regularly because of snow,
but not everyone has that luxury. I kind of want to think that my router+modem
use about 20 watts, so powering it up would take about 1.5kwh for 3 days. a
quick google look shows that I'd probably need to shell out $500 or so for a
battery of that capacity, and that's doesn't include your phones, laptops,
tv's, etc power needs. What does that mean? That is a major expense for a lot
of people.On the bright side, I hear that power generator companies stocks have
gone through the roof.On the dark side, this is probably coming to a lot more
states and countries due to climate change. Australia. Sigh.Mike
