[LINK] NBN backup service

[David Lochrin]

On 2016-01-08 22:06 Bernard Robertson wrote:

>> [Jan] Let's examine the reason the back-up battery is needed. To operate the phone, right, when the NBN goes out? Which at the moment takes its power from the copper we have now, but won't when we switch to NBN, otherwise it would all still work. So the power goes off. We need a phone for emergencies. If the power is off in the area, what is this phone going to operate across? Aren't those systems also going to be off? We're told we won't have copper PSTN any more, just the NBN. But it needs power to operate.
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>> What am I missing in this picture?
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> The nodes also have batteries; large things that cost money and need maintenance.

Just a detail, but will those batteries keep all services running (POTS, ADSL, HFC, etc.) so those relying on VoIP will continue to have a voice service?  I wonder for how long?

I wonder whether any consideration was given to running power from the exchanges?

David L.