> From: Jared Mauch > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 4:37 PM > To: George Bonser > Cc: Nathan Eisenberg; NANOG > Subject: Re: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion > > You are likely already at the mercy of some local hut for your > dialtone. Very few things home run to the co these days. It's unlikely > any hut has more than 24 hours of battery. > > I have talked to local techs that make the same trip each shift to fuel > the generator during regular or minor power outages. Anything major, > expect the service to die. > > Best bets: your state emergency operations center, hospitals, airports, > grocery stores and possibly hotels. > > During the northeast power outage the biggest local problem was > inability to pump gas out of underground tanks. The margin at the > stations is low enough it's not worth it to have generators. Best off > having the pipeline next to you and to use natural gas/propane if your > needs can be easily met by it. > > Jared Mauch
I am pretty lucky, the CO is about 4 blocks from the house and as far as I can tell I'm wired directly (and the wiring was installed around 1960 and is all above ground from a box next to the CO). The local loop does to go a box about a half block from the CO but it has no generator. It is just jumper blocks from the looks of it when I have seen it open. +1 on the natural gas generator, or if you heat with oil, a diesel that feeds off the heating oil tank. Even agricultural diesel will be fine or WVO bio-diesel. No need to pay road tax on diesel used in a generator. Gasoline would be my last choice for a generator.
