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Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > > Thanks. A couple of people told me that the target is 8hrs for Bell Canada > huts. So hopefully some power will make it there before long. Not sure how > well they will prioritize what huts to charge with portable gensets. I > imagine they dont of course have a portable genset for every hut out there. This is the dark stepchild of the modern telco decentralization. CO's have -48v everywhere, & Diesels (or turbines) to keep their -48v strings up. Further, it used to be the LEC had a truck-mounted semi generator ready to move in case the CO one failed. But all those SONET hubs in basements, SLC's in the burbs and such -- they don't have generators. They have X hours of batteries. In the fine print, it says the LEC will have a portable generator on site before they die. That's doable if the failure is local; say a semi taking out a power pole. But given anything bigger, a citywide or bigger blackout, a regional ice storm, or whatever.... they do not have the quantity of gensets they'd need, much less the manpower to deploy AND maintain [refuel] same. Then there's the issue that generators in dark areas tend to grow legs, no matter how well nailed down. Hope you folks have flashlights.. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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