[LINK] Battery back-up mandatory for NBN?

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

On 27 October 2010 11:07, Paul Brooks <pbrooks-link at layer10.com.au> wrote:
> Yes, there will be people that will find this incomprehensible - just as there are
> people that find bus timetables incomprehensible.

And one of them posts to this list - zing! (sorry Roger)

I agree this is a red herring, in terms of it being a media beat up,
but this list discussed emergency communications during natural
disasters last year, and the resilience of the current copper system
was a factor.
Ideally, the standard would be to provide a suitable back-up battery
at install, so that the baseline is established for a resilient,
emergency tolerant communications system that can be supplemented by
mobiles/other things.

I understand the ONT has a light to indicate when the battery needs to
be replaced, and it appears to be little harder than replacing the
battery in a radio, based on the NBN Tasmania diagram. We can be sure
if no battery is installed the number of users who end up putting one
in will be tiny.

Regards,
Michael Skeggs