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 More options Nov 6 2012, 1:26 pm
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair
From: micky <NONONOmis...@bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:26:22 -0500
Local: Tues, Nov 6 2012 1:26 pm
Subject: Re: FIOS doesn t work without AC?
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:39:13 -0500, George <geo...@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>> Wired phones run on batteries at the central station with generators
>> to keep the batteries charged, but what about FIOS phone and Fios
>> Internet?

>You are talking about days of old. Less than 40% of the population has
>wired phones and phone companies see the handwriting on the wall. Many
>such as Verizon sold off a bunch of those systems (Verizon sold off 13
>states) to companies that will run what remains on a shoestring budget.
>Stuff that they do retain will never again see the TLC of old.

But what about FIOS.  If there is a power failure at the exchange, do
they all have generators?   Are there amps or something on phone poles
between the telephone exchange and my house that depend on a source of
power that's neither the exchange or my house?

 
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