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home router battery backup
From: Scott T Anderson via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:35:19 +0000
Hi NANOG mailing list, I am a graduate student, currently conducting research on how power outages affect home Internet users. I know that the FCC has a regulation since 2015 (47 CFR Section 9.20) requiring ISPs to provide an option to voice customers to purchase a battery backup for emergency voice services during power outages. As this is only an option and only applies to customers who subscribe to voice services, I was wondering if anyone had any insights on the prevalence of battery backup for home modem/routers? I.e., what percentage of home users actually install a battery backup in their home modem/router or use an external UPS? Thanks. Scott Reference for 47 CFR Section 9.20: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-9/subpart-H/section-9.20
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- Re: home router battery backup Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Jan 12)
- Re: home router battery backup Andy Ringsmuth (Jan 12)