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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts


From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:57:39 +0200



On 2/16/21 14:22, John Sage wrote:


You don't understand Texas politics relative to the United States at large.

I certainly do not :-).



Which is fine, but this is a state that had deliberately prevented interconnects (see: ERCOT, above) into any extended national grid, principally to evade the resulting exposure to Federal regulation.

Texas [politicians] are constantly threatening to secede.

Yes, finally read the history.

Gives "community" a different perspective :-).

Mark.


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