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Interesting. Is a power supply required for cable based internet? If not, then they certainly would need to do that in order to maintain a level of feature pari
by lilbobbytables 9y ago
Interesting. Is a power supply required for cable based internet? If not, then they certainly would need to do that in order to maintain a level of feature parity.
It would be pretty annoying to have a generator running at home, but no internet (although it certainly still happens with downed wires). Or worse, you have power, but the fiber box doesn't.
- joecool1029 9y agoSo that magical box on the pole has batteries inside. Depending on how they have it set up, you get around 24-48 hours of battery power before the fiber node converting optical to coaxial goes dead. They often have a LED on the outside showing red or green depending on status of the node. A mini generator solves the issue of powering the node if your power utility is worthless and can't restore things after a few days.