AOL modem banks rely on local power

AOL's modem banks, which relay data over phone lines in New York City and Detroit and other affected regions, had gone down after local electricity grids blinked off Thursday evening. AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham. "Most of the power at our modem banks rely on local power supplies." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63923-2003Aug15.html