[33213] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SLC power failures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Adams)
Wed Jan 3 23:21:20 2001
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:19:21 -0600
From: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
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Once upon a time, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> said:
> As power is being restored throughout the midwestern part of the US,
> one interesting feature showed up. A lot of telephone companies are
> using Subcriber Loop Carriers (SLCs) to provide service. Some phone
> companies are using local power sources with limited battery backup
> for some SLCs. With the extended power outages, central offices with
> generators maintained service; however, the remote equipment didn't
> have local generators. This resulted in people losing their local
> loops and telephone service as the power outages lasted for days.
I've noticed that all the newer BellSouth SLCs in this area (Huntsville,
AL) appear to have natural gas hookups. I have been wondering if this
is for some kind of backup power. Anyone else seen this?
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Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
