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Power outages can be very local. So yes, you can use internet using UPS backup.
by what_ever 10y ago
Power outages can be very local. So yes, you can use internet using UPS backup.
- sethrin 10y agoHave you actually experienced this? I can easily imagine that a given apartment/home could be out and the building/distribution point still be up, but anything less local than that would certainly take my connection offline. And I'd very much hope that my domicile wouldn't have such spotty power as to make me need to worry about having my router on a UPS. In places I've lived with spotty power (Central America) the whole town or island would typically go out. Are you describing a hypothetical situation or is this actually a thing?
- NickNameNick 10y agoHistorically where I live, power outages wouldn't affect the copper telephone network. At least not for reasonable durations cuts. I don't have an analog phone anymore, so I don't know how true that still is, post recent network upgrades. I have coworkers who used VOIP phones, and who kept their routers and wireless base stations on UPS. I'm not sure if that setup was ever tested in anger.
- sethrin 10y agoLandline phones were powered by the phone company, over the lines. As long as the wires themselves aren't down, the phone company can keep the system working for days without power -- phones themselves don't need much power. DSLAMs do, though.