Re: FERC releases final report on Texas power outages (2021)

2021-11-19 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
state (NY) going back 4 > months that I still had laying around. > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:32 AM Haudy Kazemi via NANOG > wrote: > >> Yet, in spite of claims of TX being an island, customers all over the >> country are now being forced to pay energy surcharges specifical

Re: FERC releases final report on Texas power outages (2021)

2021-11-17 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Yet, in spite of claims of TX being an island, customers all over the country are now being forced to pay energy surcharges specifically tied to the Feb 2021 TX event. It was a line item on my last bill. On Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 21:03 Sean Donelan wrote: > "Those Who Do Not Learn History Are

Re: Walkie-Talkie Apps on cell phones still require working Internet access

2021-09-02 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
One exception: The Serval mesh project is specifically meant to address the situation of no Internet or cell access. Caveat: it hasn't been updated recently and the Google app store no longer has it. It is still available via F-Droid. It looks like it may be useful if one has a working network

Re: Carbon Monoxide warnings - keep generators outside 20ft away from doors and windows

2021-09-01 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Several articles have mentioned 8 transmission lines were lost to the hurricane (a single big event event). A casual reader might think 8 lines would offer an 8-way level of redundancy. My WAG is the reality of load vs capacity is more like a N-1 or N-2 redundancy, but that's really just a WAG.

Re: The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

2021-09-01 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Some TVs may also try to rescale the inputs, or enhance/process the image in ways that can improve perceived video quality. Things like increasing frame rates of sources that are lower frame rates (thus the 120 Hz and 240 Hz TVs that attempt to make 24, 30, and 60 FPS sources look better), or

Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

2021-08-25 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
It's the specific combination of current and voltage that is hazardous. Too much current, through/across the heart, is the main, potentially fatal, hazard. This is why 120v GFCIs trip near 5 milliamps (mA). (20-30 mA in the wrong place is too much.) A voltage pushes a current through a

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

2021-06-01 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
I'd love to see connection 'Nutrition Facts' type labeling. Include: Typical downstream bandwidth, typical upstream bandwidth, median latency and packet loss rates (both measured from CPE in advertised ZIP code to the top 10 websites), data cap info, and bottom line price including all

Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

2021-02-19 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Griddy's model makes sense for customers who have the ability to automatically shed load and switch remaining critical load to backup generation when wholesale prices spike above the cost of using the backup generation. Might also make sense if the minimum load after load shedding is small enough

Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

2021-02-17 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Using the sample bill on the GA power website you linked, I see a bottom line price of $76.17 for 606 kWh delivered to the customer. That is effectively 12.57 cents per kWh. Utilities (both investor owned and coops) have a multitude of ways of hiding the effective price in a variety of fixed and

Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

2021-02-16 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 17:12 Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 2/16/21 09:49, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > > On 2/16/21 8:50 AM, John Von Essen wrote: > >> I just assumed most people in Texas have heat pumps- AC in the summer > >> and minimal heating in the winter when needed. When the entire state > >>

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Haudy Kazemi via NANOG
Conclusion: Companies are not permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a customer on the basis of the racial or sexual orientation (or a number of other bases). Companies are permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a customer using other criteria. E.g. "No shirt,