---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <rm2mkq$imn$1@dont-email.me> Date: 12 Oct 2020 17:51:05 -0500 From: "Dave Garland" <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> Subject: Re: CO backup power On 10/11/2020 5:02 PM, bob prohaska wrote: > Eric Tappert <tappert@ieee.org> wrote: >> >> I don't know what the current standard is, but the "old Bell System" >> guidance for central offices was 8 hours of battery, standby generator >> with 24 hours of fuel in the day tank and a week's worth of fuel >> on-site. A few years ago the FCC issued a ruling that required COs to >> have 24 hours of backup power and cell sites 8 hours. That was the >> first federal guidance on the issue and was issued in response to >> hurricane Katrina and the fact that first responders were using cell >> phones for communication. With the vastly expanded number of cell >> sites required for 5G, I don't know if the rule still is in force. > > I think it does help, in that if the CO stays up a week it's possible > DSL over POTS might stay up for that long also. Not certain, but > possible. Please warn me if this is a grossly-over-optimistic > interpretation. In Minneapolis, Centurylink DSL has no power backup whatsoever at the pedestals. When the lights go out, the DSL goes out even if you have UPS. Don't know what the situation is with their fiber. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86pn5ln8qs.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 13 Oct 2020 20:58:35 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com> Subject: Top 10 Best Dsl Router Modems 2020 *** PLEA FOR HELP *** My Quaker meeting just got A DSL line installed, and I promised to supply the router for the meeting house. But ... ADSL routers now come with a terminal unit built-in, which is not like the old days and not what I'm used to. Ergo, i had to tell them that my routers wouldn't work, and the meeting is paying to rent one from Frontier. Although the URL below points to some ratings of "DSL-compatible" routers, I'm really looking for advice. Here's the question: how do I make a router with an Ethernet input work with a DSL line? I don't have any TU's left in my pile 'o parts, so the question is really "What's the most cost-effective solution?" https://bestgamingpro.com/dsl-router-modems/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86tuuxn971.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 13 Oct 2020 20:48:50 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink : September 2020 Bid Protest Roundup This month's bid protest roundup (featured on Law360) examines three recent decisions by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). ... The second, AT & T Corporation, examines a conflict of interest wherein the awardee would effectively evaluate its own performance under a separate contract, and the third, CenturyLink QGS, addresses the scope of a corrective action that allegedly resulted in the disparate treatment of offerors. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/CENTURYLINK-INC-14056214/news/CenturyLink-September-2020-Bid-Protest-Roundup-31523674/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86h7qxn8jx.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 13 Oct 2020 21:02:42 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Cable companies blocked municipal broadband in NC and left a gap. Let others fill it. BY CLARK JENKINS Nearly a decade ago now, the North Carolina General Assembly approved legislation that essentially blocked municipalities from acting as internet service providers, barring any new or expanded municipal-owned and operated systems. https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article246341885.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86lfg9n8ml.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 13 Oct 2020 21:01:06 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Perry and Cumberland County residents experiencing landline phone outages this morning By Jenna Wise UPDATE: Perry County reported phone service was restored late Thursday morning. Perry and Cumberland County residents are experiencing phone outages Thursday morning that prevent them from calling first responders for assistance. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/10/multiple-central-pa-counties-reporting-landline-phone-outages-thursday-morning.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 14 Oct 2020