[Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

[Bill Wichers]

The cell sites are supposed to have 8 hours of backup power (by whatever
means the carrier chooses, battery, generator, etc.) per E911 regs. 

 

   -Bill

 

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[mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Giese
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:39 AM
To: outages-discussion at outages.org
Subject: Re: [Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

 

And how long does the battery last in your smart phone?  My wife can not
go 8 hours without a charger.(that's one reason I don't have a 'smart'
phone)  

Plus in really big events like Sandy or the big ice storm that went
through Kentucky a couple of years ago, how long will the cell towers
survive without power?  Not all of them have on sight gensets.  Plus
network outages

Way to vulnerable to 'depend' on the Internet in events like this.

Lyle




 

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