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> Sure it works 99% of the time, but it's not like electricity which work 99.999999% of the time I can't speak for others, but it certainly is for me. > and t
by Aaargh20318 10y ago
> Sure it works 99% of the time, but it's not like electricity which work 99.999999% of the time
I can't speak for others, but it certainly is for me.
> and then you have workarounds like batteries and gas tanks and stuff.
And if it fails there is 4G and stuff, it may not be as fast as fiber but it's more than fast enough for basically anything but downloading large files.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoTo give you a little perspective from a rural part of the US: I lose power at least one or two times a year. Normally due to a construction/farming accident, but sometimes it's due to a temporary overload. Most of the time the outage isn't more than an hour or so. Last week when a slew of severe storms came through, I had no satellite TV (water absorbs the signal). Switched to Netflix. Netflix signal went out (I'm guessing there's a microwave link somewhere between my house and the phone company Central Office in the nearest town 10 miles away). Could have been worse: some people were without power for days. We live on top of a hill and I lose my cell signal just walking across my living room. Would be even worse if we lived at the bottom of the hill. So much for 4G! But yeah, I still prefer living out here to being back in the city :-)