Re: Battery Maint in LEC equipment

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () darkwing uoregon edu>]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, David Lesher wrote:

> Background:
>
> Verizontal is pushing their FIOS PON offering to residences. It will
> put IP access, 'cable' TV and POTS phone on glass. They then cut down
> your copper drop.
>
> But midst the VoIP E911 dustup, the issue of backup power has
> arisen. The FIOS box needs local power, and a small gel-cell
> good for say 5 hours. The *subscriber* must buy and install new
> ones as needed. Some pholks are dubious how well that will work...

If it has a sufficiently anoying alarm. someone will eventually service 
it...

If the cpe requires the consumer to test the battery no-one will ever 
replace them.


> Foreground:
>
> There's one report that Verizontal, in ex-NuNuts territory, is also
> not maintaining batteries in their on-premises DS-3 -> n DS-1's mux's.
> Only if you get a full DS-3 will they bother.
>
>
>
> Question:
>
> Have any NANOG'ers [NANOGites? NANOGees?] run into this? Again, this
> is LEC owned, LEC maintained, equipment....Do you provide generator
> power for such in your space?

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