On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 10:49:49 -0700 Matthew McGillis <matt...@jenika.com> wrote:
> My rant, not related to gnucash at all, but utility companies and > smart devices. > > Just me venting some long frustration along these lines. > > We put in the effort to add UPS and in my case a stand by generator > that runs off natural gas. This combination has never failed to keep > my systems powered even for long outages (worst case was 5 days). But > guess what... most telcos (comcast, centurylink, cell phone towers …) > don’t have the same ability. So if the power outage also includes > that local distribution point generally you have about 6-12 hours > before those distribution points go dark. So although I keep running > perfectly locally it is no good for internet access. Agreed. Here during last summer's major bushfires many problems were found with communications infrastructure, with inadequate planning for power loss or fire hazard control on the hilltops. Liz _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
