Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> > > Okay, I can understand your house, but unless you are using a
> > > satellite or
> > > microwave to transmit, how does the message get out? Maybe be very stupid
> > > question, but wondering about local telex or cable systems, ect ect.
> >
> >It's DSL, which is powered by the telephone company. My server, router and
> >Ethernet switch are all on UPSes, but as soon as one of them dies, the list
> >will become inaccessible. I'm not especially inclined to find out how long
> >they'll keep going after the power goes out, though.
> >
> >The one thing I've never managed to get set up is a system to automatically
> >shut down the computers when the power fails, in case I'm not here. I only
> >have one UPS that can signal, so I'd have to have one computer tell all the
> >others to shut down. In theory, I can do it with some software from APC,
> >but it's been a paint to get it working even on one machine.
> >
> >Nick
>
> I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator
> based? How big of an outage would there be before you couldn't send anything?
As long as there's dial tone, I think it's OK. When there's a power
outage and you're stumbling around to find the power company's number in
the phone book and then pick up the phone to call, there's *usually*
enough juice in the system for you to make the call. AFAIK, the DSL
isn't putting any more undue stress on the phone company's system.
Then there's always the problem of "backhoe fade".... But that probably
wouldn't be linked to the power outage. Could be, though.
Julia
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