[Outages-discussion] Backup internet

[Andrew Latham]

Should also share my practice. I live in a city that has many co-working
spaces and these spaces have $10-$15 single day costs. So if a car knocks a
pole over in my area I can go to a co working space and work with some
distractions. There are a number of options in my area so I don't need to
spend any money on overly redundant setups at my home.

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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