[BBLISA] Internet service and power outages?

[Kevin L. Mitchell]

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 21:45 -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> Cable companies use telephone pole-based powerline-powered amplifiers, yes?  If 
> so, if power to my area goes out, even if I have a UPS at home, all 
> coax-offered services should disappear, correct?

I would have thought the same, but I've had neighborhood power outages
that did not affect my network connections on my UPS-protected machine
at all--perhaps the amplifier boxes in my area have battery backups?
-- 
Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch at mit.edu>
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