----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Randy Whitney > <randy.whit...@verizon.com> wrote: > > Nothing beats POTS in a broad power outage scenario. Numerous power > > outages > > have taken down mobile service completely while the POTS lines > > stayed up as > > it carries its own power by design. > > Carries it from somewhere that has to remain powered which typically > isn't a building with an automatic generator any more. Access to the > POTS lines of yesteryear is dwindling and not all that slowly. Oh, I dunno, Bill. Sure there are lots more RSUs than there used to be, but at least it's not all *that* hard to tell if you're connected to one. Much easier than, say, finding out if both sides of your loop have been groomed into the same cable. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
