[BC] Verizon T1 and batteries

[Chris Gebhardt]

  Stu Engelke wrote:
> I called Verizon to complain that the battery backup for my T1 between 
> the studio and transmitter was not working at the transmitter end. The 
> repair guy came out, removed the battery backup and said goodbye. He 
> said that Verizon no longer provides backup power for their equipment at 
> the customer premises. I was on my own.
> I guess the telcos are getting out of the power business.
> 

This is a trend that is likely to continue as services like T1 continue 
to get pushed down closer to the "consumer" territory.

Time Warner Cable recently installed a node at our facility and a switch 
that we take a GigE handoff from.  The installer brought a little (1U, 
1.5kVa) UPS with him, but after seeing our battery plant asked if it was 
really necessary.   We told him that actually we prefer he just take it 
back with him because we don't like (a) batteries on the datacenter 
floor or (b) UPS plugged into UPS.   But if we had been an office or 
telco closet or anything else that didn't already have the backup 
systems that we employ, that would have been a nice thing to have.  It 
was nice to see them at least bring one out.

Chris Gebhardt
VIRTBIZ Internet Services
chris at virtbiz.com | (972) 485-4125