[11746] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Backup Power Schemes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wb8foz)
Mon Aug 11 14:16:59 1997
From: wb8foz <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: bill@geo.net (Bill McCauley)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:10:37 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970811030703.006d5bf8@zeus.geo.net> from "Bill McCauley" at Aug 10, 97 08:07:03 pm
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Bill McCauley sez:
> In earthquake country, natural gas is as prone to interruption as any other
> utility.
True. I had not factored that in. Further, in extreme cold weather,
propane freezes (really, does not go liquid->gas).
But barring the gas utility starting rationing, it is in many
places a viable option. I know a large ISP here in DC has such,
or did...
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