[100827] in North American Network Operators' Group
FCC rules for backup power
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Nov 13 15:08:18 2007
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:07:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Proposed new FCC rules for backup power sources for central offices, cell
sites, remote switches, digital loops, etc. For the first time, the FCC
is considering specific backup power time requirements of 24 hours for
central offices and 8 hours for outside plant and cell sites. Although
most carriers tended to follow old Bell System Practices for backup power,
BSP's weren't official regulations.
ISPs aren't specifically covered, but ....
<http://www.tessco.com/yts/industry/products/infra/infrastructure/power_supplies/pdf/agl_reprint.pdf>
