[134142] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Dec 26 22:12:36 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <A41F340B-217B-4065-A0BB-D5E02291E786@puck.nether.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:10:49 -0800
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 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.=20
>=20
I know this is true where FTTN overlays have been built. However, in the =
majority of California, at least, that is still more the exception than =
the
rule and there is usually a Cat-3 Copper home-run for local dialtone.
> 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.
>=20
If nothing else, I expect various other components in the system (trunk =
overload, switch dialtone exhaustion, etc.)
in anything major anyway.
However, 24 hours of dialtone after something happens still exceeds the =
average cablemodem duration after the
power flickers.
Owen
