[134139] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Sun Dec 26 19:37:37 2010
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0BC1313E@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:37:15 -0600
To: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
You are likely already at the mercy of some local hut for your dialtone. Ver=
y few things home run to the co these days. It's unlikely any hut has more t=
han 24 hours of battery.=20
I have talked to local techs that make the same trip each shift to fuel the g=
enerator during regular or minor power outages. Anything major, expect the s=
ervice to die.
Best bets: your state emergency operations center, hospitals, airports, groc=
ery 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 y=
ou and to use natural gas/propane if your needs can be easily met by it.=20
Jared Mauch
On Dec 23, 2010, at 1:09 PM, "George Bonser" <gbonser@seven.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> A 75% upsell rate to triple play packages seems ludicrous. I can't
>> think of any industry that sees an upsell rate of 75% - can you (hell,
>> I sold running shoes in high school, and the -target- upsell rate on
>> shoestrings/socks/whatever-else was 15%).
>>=20
>> Nathan
>=20
> Well, I won't get rid of my "wired" phone for VOIP. The power where I liv=
e is subject to outage during storms but the phones work. I want a phone th=
at works when the power is out for an extended period of time.
>=20
> At most, they would get "double play" from me (TV and Internet) and that' i=
t. And based on discussions with others, many feel the same way about havin=
g their telephone depend on their cable box having power.
>=20
>=20
