[*] telco battery backup?

[LES.NET (1996) INC.]

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> Greetings .. I know I've brought this up before, and I'm always looking
> for peoples insights into these things ... I've played around with voip
> before and have moved to a shaw voip service and am also toying with the
> idea of other local voip providers, so I'm checking things out a bit ...
> one thing that i'm curious about from the more informed in our group ...
> I believe there is a requirement for mts the ilec to provide battery
> backup to the phone system for "x" hours (I don't know what that
> limitation is or maybe it's even generator backed up too) ... is there
> any similar regulation/requirement for clecs?  or local voip providers?
> The reason I ask is that I'm also curious as to how the crtc views clecs
> like shaw (that have a serious amount of infrastructure) and how they
> separate them from policies and procedures for other voip providers that
> do not have the same massive infrastructure/distribution system.
>
> Case in point, I've moved to the southeast end of winnipeg a couple
> years ago from the northwest, garden city ... I cannot believe the
> amount of hydro disruptions i've had down here.  My power goes out, my
> internet is down and now my phone is down.  Hydro is pretty pathetic
> down here.   I asked shaw about this (as I have most of my
> communications with them) and they said that the phone distribution is
> backed up for about a max of an hour until the batteries die.  (This is
> separate from the battery backed up modem in the residence -- which
> appears to be functioning fine) ...
> next response I get was saying that all digital phones are undergoing
> upgrades to support more backups to accommodate power outages and that
> it is a system-wide upgrade (whatever that means ...)
> next response I get indicates that there is backup in the area and in
> most cases it will work, but "things can still go wrong.  Even with MTS
> this happens" ... interesting response ...
>
> So, I have my rant ... so, I get the run around and whenever the power
> goes out my phone goes out ...  looks to me like they don't really have
> an answer or really know what's going on in this area .. or .. maybe
> they just don't want to say .. either way, I'm like PO'ed with their
> response.  If it's supposed to work, then fix it.. if it's not working,
> then let me know ...
>
> I think it's time to check out the bad'ol mts to see what's different
> with them these days ...
>
> In the end, if I still stick with a voip service then I'm pretty sure i
> won't have a redundancy there ... if I go with mts then i should have a
> much better chance of keeping the phone alive while the power is out ...
>
> anyone have any interesting tid bits to fill the void in my voip? ;-)
>
> Dan.
>
>
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