[Outages-discussion] Backup internet

[Charles Sprickman]

And coffee shops close at some point. :)

I have DSL to back up my FiOS (which seems to be down for maintenance at least a few times a month with no notice).  It’s really painful - you start to notice all your cloud syncs, IMAP syncs, etc.  Rumor is that the cable company here has a $20/month 20/2 option, but there’s debate on whether or not you can BYOM and avoid a $10 rental charge on that plan.  Copper is being retired by VZ here in late 2018, so my DSL will go away.

Charles

> On Oct 23, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Dovid Bender <dovid at telecurve.com> wrote:
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> As I stated earlier it's for emergencies. If there is an issue and my cable is out I don't have the luxury of driving 10 minutes down the road. I prefer to almost always have internet....
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Jason Pope <boards188 at gmail.com <mailto:boards188 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I just go to my local coffee shop of choice.
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> Jason
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> Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
> John 15:13
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com <mailto:lathama at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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.
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com <mailto: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".
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> http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570 <http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570>
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> 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).
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Dovid Bender <dovid at telecurve.com <mailto: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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