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Suppose you have a reliable generator system and your own house's power has reliable uptime. Would the internet still function during power outages? (The upstre

• smallerfish 5y ago
  I guess it depends on where you are and how wide the outage is. Most of our power outages are extremely local (we're in the middle of the jungle and trees come down during heavy rain), and usually resolved within a couple of hours. So far our internet has been consistently up, as long as we've been able to keep power on at the network cabinet and router. There's also good LTE (as a fallback) in many villages that cater to tourists, but coverage is spotty as you get more remote.
• jamal-kumar 5y ago
  Hey there, you linked my comment, figured I'd fill you in a bit Again I don't really see power outages last longer than an hour or so, but my laptop manages to run for about 2 hours with a 4g modem in it. I used to be able to go even longer with an extra battery back when laptops still had those -- So really as long as you're not lugging around a UPS and desktop for some reason you should be good for at least that much time. If it's out longer than a day I pretty much just pack my stuff and head into the city. I recognize most people don't really have this kind of luxury with the kind of work they do but I specifically worked my way to this point where I can afford to do this and maybe if you stretch your imagination in terms of possibilities you can too