I've got a HAM op who lives nearby, I'll go scream fire to him. Mike
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yes, but Verizon (and others) needs to develop a way to power phones > >indefinitely when the electric grid goes down, i.e., with one big > >generator at the central office or something else that works as well. > >What's going to happen the first time there is a fire in a location where > >no phones are working because the electric grid has been down for 72 > hours > >and all of the "backup" batteries died after four or so hours? > > Keeps getting ignored. > > I guess the neocons consider batteries at the central office to be just > another manifestation of socialism. All you rugged individualists are > supposed to have your own emergency power plants (and your own e coli > tester, radiation meters, and plenty of duct tape). > > My understanding is that fiber cable already has a metal wire in it so > Miss Utility can find a buried fiber cable. So I would think that with > just a little bit of additional motivation the telcos could do the good > socalist thing. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
