Re: Battery lifetimes RE: East Coast outage?

2003-08-15 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, David Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > But all those SONET hubs in basements, SLC's in the burbs and such > -- they don't have generators. They have X hours of batteries. In > the fine print, it says the LEC will have a portable generator > on site before they die. We've got B

RE: Battery lifetimes RE: East Coast outage?

2003-08-15 Thread McBurnett, Jim
>ut all those SONET hubs in basements, SLC's in the burbs and such >-- they don't have generators. They have X hours of batteries. In >the fine print, it says the LEC will have a portable generator >on site before they die. >That's doable if the failure is local; say a semi taking out >a power

Re: Battery lifetimes RE: East Coast outage?

2003-08-14 Thread David Lesher
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > > Thanks. A couple of people told me that the target is 8hrs for Bell Canada > huts. So hopefully some power will make it there before long. Not sure how > well they will prioritize what huts to charge with portable gensets. I

Re: Battery lifetimes RE: East Coast outage?

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Tancsa
Thanks. A couple of people told me that the target is 8hrs for Bell Canada huts. So hopefully some power will make it there before long. Not sure how well they will prioritize what huts to charge with portable gensets. I imagine they dont of course have a portable genset for every hut out ther