On 10/16/19 4:04 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
After some poking around, I found this gizmo. It says that it can use
between 1-8 pairs to power it from the co. If there was already a home
run to the co (which is almost certainly true in my case), it seems like
that would be a cheaper option? Then y
We use 12 and 48 port VDSLAM's similar to that at some of our remote
locations, and we do generally line power those.
But before those came on the market we were putting out remote
cabinets that could support up to 144 subscribers fed off the same
sort of cards you would find in the CO.
I don't k
After some poking around, I found this gizmo. It says that it can use
between 1-8 pairs to power it from the co. If there was already a home
run to the co (which is almost certainly true in my case), it seems like
that would be a cheaper option? Then you just have one diesel generator
at the co
On 10/16/19 12:09 PM, Jeff Shultz wrote:
Interesting! And so primitive! So they go to all of the expense of
laying fiber, but not power too?
Note: small local telco experience speaking below:
Telco's tend to have experience with fiber, but probably not the
construction and transmission of t
On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 4:26 PM Michael Thomas wrote:
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> On 10/14/19 4:16 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
> >> Of course this is a lot of conjecture on my part... be glad to be
> >> clued in by folks in know.
> >
> > An old news story, but telco's usually
On 10/15/19 11:28 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
Except I’m not talking about CPE. I agree that’s the customer’s job.
I was confused based on Masataka's focus on CPE power.
I’m talking about keeping the nodes up and running.
Yep.
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Brandon Martin
On 10/14/19 5:58 PM, Brandon Martin wrote:
On 10/14/19 8:26 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
So when we were working on this 20 years ago at Cisco, there was a
tremendous amount of effort to deal with the issue of e911 and
generally battery backup. I'm really surprised to hear that though we
went t
On 10/14/19 6:11 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
deal with the CPE, that the cable plant was the actual problem. The
cable companies should, imo, be held to the same standard as the
telcos. Maybe even moreso these days since IP has taken over
everything. Th
Except I’m not talking about CPE. I agree that’s the customer’s job.
I’m talking about keeping the nodes up and running.
> On Oct 15, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Brandon Martin wrote:
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>> On 10/15/2019 09:42, Matt Hoppes wrote:
>> I disagree with the statement that providers should not be required to
On 10/15/2019 09:42, Matt Hoppes wrote:
I disagree with the statement that providers should not be required to
backup their networks while I don't think it should be an FCC
requirement, I do believe the providers have an obligation to do that.
That's one of the reasons we generally opt for
I disagree with the statement that providers should not be required to
backup their networks while I don't think it should be an FCC
requirement, I do believe the providers have an obligation to do that.
That's one of the reasons we generally opt for larger node sizes. Yes,
it does cut
Sean Donelan wrote:
Given that providers can't supply power to mobile phones,
that sending power over fiber is extremely eye unsafe
and that most CPEs are routers which themselves are
useless without end systems, it is reasonable that
providers are not required to supply power to home.
But,
Th
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
deal with the CPE, that the cable plant was the actual problem. The cable
companies should, imo, be held to the same standard as the telcos. Maybe even
moreso these days since IP has taken over everything. The need for reliable
e911 hasn't gone away ju
On 10/14/19 8:26 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
So when we were working on this 20 years ago at Cisco, there was a
tremendous amount of effort to deal with the issue of e911 and generally
battery backup. I'm really surprised to hear that though we went through
a lot of effort to deal with the CPE, t
On 10/14/19 4:39 PM, Brandon Martin wrote:
All the conventional telcos are far more focused on keeping voice
service alive since they get raked over the coals by the FCC if it
drops due to lack of 911. That includes wireless if they are both a
wireline and wireless operator. Interestingl
All true telco equipment is powered by batteries. Commerical power or
generators just recharge the batteries. No switch over when commerical
power is lost. Except when the generators(where equiped) switch over to
recharge the batteries.
Comcast and telcos do not put batteries in all remote
On 10/14/19 6:38 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
So it turns out that our local telco/isp does keep dsl running via the
same mechanism as they keep pots power backed up (i'm guessing it's a
diesel generator at the co, but am not sure). It seems that a lot of the
pedestals terminating the local loop
On 10/14/19 4:16 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
Of course this is a lot of conjecture on my part... be glad to be
clued in by folks in know.
An old news story, but telco's usually have backup batteries in their
outside plant, cell towers, etc. During pow
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
Of course this is a lot of conjecture on my part... be glad to be clued in by
folks in know.
An old news story, but telco's usually have backup batteries in their
outside plant, cell towers, etc. During power outages, they shuttle small
generators b
On 10/14/19 3:06 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
That is not why people are surprised. When the house doesn't have
power, and doesn't have home generator or UPS, (most) people are less
surprised their DSL or Cable modem and VOIP doesn't work anymore.
The reasons I saw people angry on twitter was
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, Ted Hatfield wrote:
First of all DSL is not pots.
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DSL is a data service that runs on the subscriber loop at the same time as
the voice service. This service is not required to be battery backed and
will invariably stop working when power is cut at the customer e
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
On 10/11/19 4:31 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
The FCC asked a half-dozen carriers about their network resilience plans
last month. Comcast was not one of the
service providers askedd about their plans.
The FCC should have looked clo
In article you write:
>On 10/11/19 9:43 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
>How distributed is the power on a typical HFC system in practice? I'm
>sure I'm missing some of them, but having walked out most of a small-ish
>(~2000 residences) city recently for a FTTx deployment, I think I only
>saw 2-3 power
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Matt Hoppes
> wrote:
>
> And this is why the distributed nature of small node’s is detrimental in an
> extended power outage.
>
> There is no practical way to back them up with power for an extended period
> of time.
This is why I’m concerned about a future
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, Michael Thomas wrote:
So I knew that telcos are required to battery backup pots, but are isp's
too? I have a dinky little provider who also provides pots, but i have never
been clear whether dsl stays up too in a blackout.
Of course generalizing all service providers isn't
It's very difficult to properly build a resilient infrastructure when those
shareholders must get their value!
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 7:33 PM Sean Donelan wrote:
> The FCC asked a half-dozen carriers about their network resilience plans
> last month. Comcast was not one of the service provider
Once upon a time, Sean Donelan said:
> It turns out, Comcast's outside plant was woefully unprepared to
> handle long, i.e. 24 hour, power outages. And even when power is
> restored to people's homes, Comcast service is often still down.
When I had Comcast in Huntsville, AL, there appeared to be
On 10/11/19 9:43 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
And this is why the distributed nature of small node’s is detrimental in an
extended power outage.
There is no practical way to back them up with power for an extended period of
time.
How distributed is the power on a typical HFC system in practice? I
And this is why the distributed nature of small node’s is detrimental in an
extended power outage.
There is no practical way to back them up with power for an extended period of
time.
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:44 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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>
> Why you don't have Comcast service during a power o
Why you don't have Comcast service during a power outage:
Throughout the state, Comcast equipment was knocked offline by PG&E’s
power shutdown, Hammel said. The cable company was “only using generators
in very discrete and specific cases where there’s a demonstrated need,”
such as a request
On 10/11/19 4:31 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
The FCC asked a half-dozen carriers about their network resilience
plans last month. Comcast was not one of the service providers askedd
about their plans.
The FCC should have looked closer at Comcast in California. While it
was expected many people
The FCC asked a half-dozen carriers about their network resilience plans
last month. Comcast was not one of the service providers askedd about
their plans.
The FCC should have looked closer at Comcast in California. While it was
expected many people would loose home Internet, voice, video ser
On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:14:40 -0400 Kraig wrote:
KB> Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
KB> regionally?
KB>
KB> (Fiber, Voice & DOCSIS modems from Atlanta, GA to Tallahassee, FL and in
KB> some select areas Jacksonville, FL...)
My comcast
At least the poor guy who was directly below where lightning nailed our
>> site was already on the toilet..!!
>>> On Jul 10, 2014 3:16 AM, "Kraig Beahn" wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
>>>
> At least the poor guy who was directly below where lightning nailed our
> site was already on the toilet..!!
> On Jul 10, 2014 3:16 AM, "Kraig Beahn" wrote:
>
> > Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
> > regionally?
> >
hn" wrote:
> Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
> regionally?
>
> (Fiber, Voice & DOCSIS modems from Atlanta, GA to Tallahassee, FL and in
> some select areas Jacksonville, FL...)
>
On Thu, 10 Jul 2014, Kraig Beahn wrote:
Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
regionally?
(Fiber, Voice & DOCSIS modems from Atlanta, GA to Tallahassee, FL and in
some select areas Jacksonville, FL...)
Yes, I'm in Atlanta. I lost DOCSIS Internet con
Anyone in the SE seeing and/or hearing of any massive Comcast outages
regionally?
(Fiber, Voice & DOCSIS modems from Atlanta, GA to Tallahassee, FL and in
some select areas Jacksonville, FL...)
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