On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 15:30 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> But the CO's still have backup generators, usually well supplied and
> regularly tested, at least in my experience.

So do the DSLMs in our area (central Florida).

> I have *never* lost land-line service even in the area-wide blackouts
> of the past 4 decades here in the northeast US.

When Charley rolled through in 2004 those DSLMs lasted about as long as
it took for a tank of fuel to be exhausted.  No refueling plan, or so I
heard.  Whoops.

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