View Single Post
Old 18-03-2019, 16:00   #41
nodrogd
cf.mega poster
 
nodrogd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: West Herts
Services: Maxit + Movies/Sports HD (V6x2), BB350, Anytime Chatter. Freeview/Freesat HD, ASDA/Tesco PAYG
Posts: 1,848
nodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful onenodrogd is the helpful one
Re: Virgin Media UK to remove V+ HD Boxes from network

Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
I always assumed that VM wouldn't use localised power for their network so it wouldn't be affected, in much the same way that BT phones continue to work when there's a local power cut. Is this not the case??

Talking of phones, when VM move us over to VOIP our phones will go down too (though there are provisions for vulnerable customers).
Standard BT lines go straight back to the exchange, VM telco lines go to the hub cabs. Don't know if BT Fibre cabs have UPS units.

There is a UPS in our VM node cabinet, which is over half a mile away. The amp cab round the corner, where the cable splits 4 times to different slave cab locations has no backup, just a mains transformer. I gather the VoIP backup VM has uses the mobile network, which we would all have to use anyway.

Last edited by nodrogd; 18-03-2019 at 16:39.
nodrogd is offline   Reply With Quote