READ POTS Reliability - Reality

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: David Josephson <dlj () josephson com>
> Date: January 2, 2010 12:30:43 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] POTS Reliability - Reality

> Dave,
>
> The carriers are doing a great job shifting focus to a fiber vs  
> copper, or VoIP vs analog loop debate. I think the real issue is  
> whether the public and regulators will accept a further reduction of  
> responsibility for failures. It's reasonable to require the customer  
> to provide a standard telephone instrument -- spares are cheap and  
> easily fixed -- but now we are asked to provide power and to replace  
> the backup battery. Is that OK? Are we going back to farmers' lines  
> with local dry cell batteries?
>
> Yes, remote terminals (whether they are fiber or copper) with just  
> eight hours of backup are a weak link, but the wireline carriers  
> here have typically been able to respond with a small generator when  
> a power outage exceeds battery capacity, just as a central office  
> generator is expected to take over if downtown is dark.
>
> The issue is not which technology is in use, the issue is whether  
> the carrier is permitted to dump the responsibility for outages on  
> the subscriber.
>
> --
> David Josephson



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