(OT) Cable vs DSL issues

[Mike McKinlay]

I work for a utility (Southern California Edison) but live in another
utilities (San Diego Gas & Electric) service area. I back up my ups with a
Honda EU3000is gas generator. It is an excellent generator for this purpose,
however it is pricey. It is very quiet and dependable. When the power goes
out the neighbors think I'm magic as they can't hear the generator running.
LOL
Mike   

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org
[mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Bill Campbell
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:02 PM
To: Linux tips and tricks
Subject: Re: (OT) Cable vs DSL issues

On Sat, Dec 23, 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>On 12/23/06, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
>>Here is data point for people in the discussion as to the relative merits
>>of cable vs DSL broadband connections.  After a major wind storm here,
>>many people are without cable while the phones and DSL are working fine
>>(and my TiVO on DirecTV satellite is also working well :-).
>>
>>I don't know why we had no problems with our phone lines, including
>>our T1, when falling trees took down lines throughout the area, but I'm
>>not complaining.
>>
>
>Sounds like a local situation. Out here, all the cable facilities are
>below ground, and the only problems are due to backhoes. And, for
>those of us without access to the expensive luxury of diesel power
>generators, when you're out of power, you're out of cable, dsl, etc.

It's certainly a local problem where the cables are above ground as
they are here in the Puget Sound area.  On the other hand, the telcos
probably have a better record of keeping their systems up and running
as we have *NEVER* had a phone outage in the 24 years we've been here
(and power outages are a regular occurrence such that I rarely have to
run my generator just to charge its starting battery :-).

You don't need expensive diesel power generators.  I have a Honda
EU3000is gas generator that kept our computers up for the week we were
without power.  It's extremely quiet, consumes about 7 gallons of gas
a day keeping all our systems running, and has an MSRP of $1,995.00.

Bill
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