<div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem;word-spacing:1px;border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">The two nodes I’ve been connected to have dropped almost exactly 40 mins after the power has gone out, every time the power went out. Definitely would prefer to be on FTTH or FTTC so my NBN can run from the DC ups my comms load at home runs from..</div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px;border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem;word-spacing:1px;border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">—DG</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 4:46 pm, Phillip Smith <<a href="mailto:fukawi2@gmail.com">fukawi2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Does
anyone have any current information on how resilient the FttN is to
power outages? NBNco outright denies it will work during an outage [1],
but that's not the evidence I'm seeing.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">SP
AusNet is getting worse and worse with power supply, so we recently
installed a whole-home backup generator. We had an ~20 hour outage
yesterday. We retained connectivity for almost 12 hours; I saw a
generator being connected at the local exchange not long after and we
were back online again after ~2 hours, and stayed online since
(including another ~5 hours without mains power).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I
would install a 4G failover/backup, but when the power goes out and
everyone's WiFi goes off, the mobile network gets overloaded - we can
barely make phone calls, let alone use data.... So I'm kinda SOL :(</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">(If it's relevant, we're in the Yarra Valley area)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">TIA,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">~p<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">[1] <a href="https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn/what-happens-in-a-power-blackout" target="_blank" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn/what-happens-in-a-power-blackout</a></div></div></div>
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