RE: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion

["George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>]

> From: Jared Mauch 
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 4:37 PM
> To: George Bonser
> Cc: Nathan Eisenberg; NANOG
> Subject: Re: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion
>
> You are likely already at the mercy of some local hut for your
> dialtone. Very few things home run to the co these days. It's unlikely
> any hut has more than 24 hours of battery.
>
> I have talked to local techs that make the same trip each shift to
fuel
> the generator during regular or minor power outages. Anything major,
> expect the service to die.
>
> Best bets: your state emergency operations center, hospitals,
airports,
> grocery stores and possibly hotels.
>
> During the northeast power outage the biggest local problem was
> inability to pump gas out of underground tanks. The margin at the
> stations is low enough it's not worth it to have generators. Best off
> having the pipeline next to you and to use natural gas/propane if your
> needs can be easily met by it.
>
> Jared Mauch


I am pretty lucky, the CO is about 4 blocks from the house and as far as
I can tell I'm wired directly (and the wiring was installed around 1960
and is all above ground from a box next to the CO).  The local loop does
to go a box about a half block from the CO but it has no generator.  It
is just jumper blocks from the looks of it when I have seen it open.

+1 on the natural gas generator, or if you heat with oil, a diesel that
feeds off the heating oil tank.  Even agricultural diesel will be fine
or WVO bio-diesel.  No need to pay road tax on diesel used in a
generator.  Gasoline would be my last choice for a generator.