Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-16 Thread Michael Loftis
--On November 13, 2007 3:07:03 PM -0500 Sean Donelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proposed new FCC rules for backup power sources for central offices, cell sites, remote switches, digital loops, etc. For the first time, the FCC is considering specific backup power time requirements of 24

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-14 Thread Jerry Dixon
: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 04:44 PM To: 'Mike Lyon' Cc: 'Wayne E. Bouchard', 'Sean Donelan', nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: FCC rules for backup power On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:15:53PM -0800, Mike Lyon wrote: What? The gov't putting their nose in where it shouldn't be? NEVER! I must say

FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Sean Donelan
Proposed new FCC rules for backup power sources for central offices, cell sites, remote switches, digital loops, etc. For the first time, the FCC is considering specific backup power time requirements of 24 hours for central offices and 8 hours for outside plant and cell sites. Although

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:07:03PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: Proposed new FCC rules for backup power sources for central offices, cell sites, remote switches, digital loops, etc. For the first time, the FCC is considering specific backup power time requirements of 24 hours

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Mike Lyon
What? The gov't putting their nose in where it shouldn't be? NEVER! -Mike On Nov 13, 2007 1:00 PM, Wayne E. Bouchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:07:03PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: Proposed new FCC rules for backup power sources for central offices, cell sites

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Deepak Jain
One of the results of the changes is that there will probably be fewer COs in the world of the future. They strictly speaking aren't required as often as they used to be, and more and more infrastructure will be deemed end-powered or outside plant anyway. If everything goes fiber to the

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Jared Mauch
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:15:53PM -0800, Mike Lyon wrote: What? The gov't putting their nose in where it shouldn't be? NEVER! I must say, if you're a provider with US presence and you're not paying attention to the FCC, DHS (NCS, NCSD) and possibly that thing called NSTAC you may wake

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Mike Lyon
I do find it very interesting with all of what has happened post 9/11. Or maybe it's just more in the open now since then. But now we have the gov't putting there noses into everything network related it seems. For example, the Patriot Act (not saying this is good bad, i'll leave my thoughts to

Re: FCC rules for backup power

2007-11-13 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Wayne E. Bouchard wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:07:03PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: Can you find the FCC proposed 24-hours of backup power at this CO after Hurricane Katrina? http://www.thecentraloffice.com/Katrina/lkctla.jpg