[LINK] Battery back-up mandatory for NBN?

[Avi Miller]

Hey,

Tom Worthington wrote:
> There are numerous submissions to DBCDE on Fibre-to-the-premises in
> greenfield estates which mention option of battery backup.

Just a personal anecdote, but I am an Opticomm FTTH customer in Victoria 
and my ONT was installed with a battery backup by default, at no cost to 
me for either the ONT or the battery.

Given that we're on a brand-new estate, there are plenty of active 
construction sites and civil works still progressing. This means the 
power gets shutoff more often than usual. My experience is that the 
battery for the ONT lasts 8-12 hours with both Internet and TV services 
active.

However, as my APC UPS only runs the router/switch hardware for about an 
hour, I don't know if the longevity is based on the fact that all the 
Internet traffic has stopped. :)

Cheers,
Avi