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> > The primary reason for telephone exchanges of the past being built on > > ground floors and basements was the weight of the equipment and the > > difficulty of moving it. In modern times, the weight of the batteries > > still plays a role, but exchanges are being remoted away from the batteries > > with increasing regularity. > > > Mae-East is pretty good example of this still.. those DC batteries didn't > appear to me to be featherweights, up ontop of concrete blocks. I don't recall > seeing DC batteries in mae-west up in the building.. where did they put > them? > They are indeed upstairs, one floor below the node. > The cost of building a datacenter in a multistory building is much much > greater than a one story building, as we have learned. The only benefit we > have seen from the multistories, is the usual coincidence that they are > more likely to be "lit" with glass, than a vacant one story.. unless you are > acquiring an old bell building or something.. owen ;) > Actually, it depends on the multi-story building. Of course, we did acquire an old Telco suite. :-) > rob > > Owen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |