[Outages-discussion] Backup internet

[Andrew Latham]

This is a common issue. Evil advice is to order an ADA compliant ISDN line
for a Teletype. The telco is legally required to install it no questions
asked but charge for it $40. In the process they will have to "fix the
glitch" that kept them from running DSL in the first place. This was common
back in the time of dialup in stopping the use of "slick96s".

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570

SLC96 (or Slick96)? <http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570>
A *SLC96 (also known as Slick 96)* is a Lucent Technologies "pair-gain"
system that multiplexes 96 telephone lines onto eight pairs of twisted-pair
wires. It is used extensively in the public telephone network to provide
telephone service to areas that do not have enough twisted pairs to meet
customer needs. The SLC96 actually uses four T1 circuits (24 lines per T1)
to achieve the 96-line transport. The SLC96 is configured in a cabinet, one
for inside rack-mount central-office use and the other (far end) as an
outdoor cabinet. The circuit cards that are incorporated into the SLC96
design are separate and redundant power cards, battery back-up for the
remote end, common equipment (control) cards, and a separate card for every
two lines that are multiplexed (48-line cards for a full system).



On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Dovid Bender <dovid at telecurve.com> wrote:

> So at home every few months cable can be less than reliable and manages to
> go out right when I need it most. The local CLEC brought in a copper line
> promised DSL and five months later came back "oops we can't support DSL for
> your address". Any ideas on a "decent" backup solution? What I care about
> most is a consistent connection. I have in the past used my cell phone as a
> backup but the ping times can be up an down. When it comes to a cellular
> connection how do I figure out which provider is going to have the lowest
> latency in my area? I was thinking about satellite but the delay would kill
> me on an SSH session. Any ideas?
>
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