And how many of them also have a "cable/DSL wireless router" thingie plugged into the wall in between?
(Sure, you can unplug it -- if you know to do that, without being able to phone anyone to be told to do so...) - S -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Eubanks <t...@americafree.tv> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:36 To: Luke Marrott <luke.marr...@gmail.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Luke Marrott wrote: > One thing that I think service providers take into account is that > while > many people still have phones that do not have their own power source, > battery backups for home computers aren't that common as a general > rule. > There is no need to have battery backup for internet services if the > computer doesn't have power. Most people I know use laptops as their primary computers. These most definitely have battery backup. Regards Marshall > > :Luke > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Walter Keen <walter.k...@rainierconnect.net >> wrote: > >> I agree, while the majority of government and service providers have >> the opinion that POTS is a lifeline service, and ethernet is not, I >> disagree. I know the service provider I work for is starting to >> change >> their views on this, but it will take time for the general >> populous of >> managers, etc throughout the nation to realize this. >> William Herrin wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Carlos Alcantar[1]<car...@race.com> >> wrote: >> >> The dropping of internet is done on purpose to preserve the battery >> for >> the pots when ac power is lost. This is an actual setting in just >> about >> all manufacturers of ftth equipment. You'll probably have a hard >> time >> to get them to change the profile on the equipment tho but it is >> possible. >> >> Hi Carlos, >> >> I realize why it's done. I merely point out that there are common >> configurations in which the having the FTTH NID power the POTS >> circuitry and drop the Internet circuitry is exactly the opposite of >> correct. Where instead of preserving access to emergency responders, >> it is intentionally designed to cut that access. >> >> Regards, >> Bill Herrin >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Walter Keen >> Network Technician >> Rainier Connect >> (o) 360-832-4024 >> (c) 253-302-0194 >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:car...@race.com >> > > > > -- > :Luke Marrott >
