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Re: home router battery backup
From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:13:48 +0200
On 1/12/22 20:50, Sean Donelan wrote:
Need to look at the entire infrastructure. Now, its less about backup for the hardwired router, and better utility backups and construction for mobile provider infrastructure.
Over here, if there is an outage, most people lose their home Internet, and fall back to the nearest mobile tower.
The problem is the mobile towers in residential areas are no longer being invested in, so they get congested either on the radio side, or the backhaul side, or both. I mean, you have a clear 4G or 5G signal, but can't pass diddly. Not even an SMS.
On top of that, they have enough Li-Ion batteries for 4 - 8 hours, assuming they haven't been vandalized.
Multiply that across tens of thousands of towers nation-wide, and it's a huge logistical problem.
Mark.
Current thread:
- Re: home router battery backup, (continued)
- Re: home router battery backup Jordan Hazen (Jan 18)
- Re: home router battery backup Mark Tinka (Jan 18)
- Re: home router battery backup Michael Thomas (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Sabri Berisha (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Mike Hammett (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Keith Stokes (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Mark Tinka (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Andy Ringsmuth (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Mark Tinka (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Mark Tinka (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Brandon Martin (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Chris Adams (Jan 13)
- Re: home router battery backup Jared Mauch (Jan 13)
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- RE: home router battery backup Ryland Kremeier (Jan 13)
- Re: home router battery backup Dave Taht (Jan 13)
- RE: home router battery backup Ryland Kremeier (Jan 13)