[Outages-discussion] The Law Of Unintended Consequences

[Bill Wichers]

> 20-25 100KW gensets.  On top of the 48h or so that the battery plant
will
> probably hold out to begin with.

Battery runtime spec is usually 4-8 hours. I have some good experience
from back in August of 2003 that CO and remote runtime on battery is
usually in that range.

> CATV Internet PSTN, on the other hand, is at the mercy of not only the
> batteries in each house -- I can live with that; if I want to build a
big
> battery plant of my own, I can run longer -- but also *each outside
plant
> terminal between me and the headend.

You also have all the remote power nodes on the CATV network that power
the amplifiers. Those are scattered all over the place and they don't
always have batteries.

  -Bill