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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Meh, FTTC and/or cable equipment is perfectly capable of being made to function in a power cut, I've done it myself in the past. Coupled with the fact most mobile networks now have or are working on WiFi and/or UMA to allow calling from any IP connected network, we have viable power-out calling capabilities as long as the internet can be kept up.
As they say... we have the technology...
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It's the cost more than the technology to be honest.
BT's FTTC has batteries in each cabinet to cope with brief outages, VM can do much the same with their nodes and with any eMTA.
Still costs a few quid nonetheless, but hopefully offset by not having to pay BT Wholesale for PSTN.