[AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces architectural"stakeinthe ground"

[Curtis Bayne]

  or we could use that copper to supply LV dc power to the ONT for  
redundancy...

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On 17/09/2009, at 11:26 AM, "Curtis Bayne" <curtis at bayne.com.au> wrote:

> I may be missing the point entirely but why not use the POTS we have
> already for emergency? By the time that has finally degraded to a
> point of unusability mobile penetration should negate the issue
> entirely.
>
> Curtis
>
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> On 17/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, "Jason Sinclair" <Jason.Sinclair at staff.pipenetworks.com
>> wrote:
>
>> They stated that it would be a battery-backed POTS line to answer the
>> issue of emergency call services........
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Purdon
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:33 AM
>> To: Paul Brooks; Jason Sinclair
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces architectural
>> "stakein the ground"
>>
>>
>>> I expect there will be an argument from government that a
>>> built-in PSTN port is mandatory, to provide emergency call
>>> capability if nothing else.
>>
>> Ouch.
>>
>> I expect that comes with a requirement for local battery backup  
>> (since
>> you can't line power it), with all the ongoing maintenance costs
>> associated with that.
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