Has this xkcd gone by yet? https://xkcd.com/705/ I would actually like a study of how network "glitches" and outages affect more normal humanity. I did - and it took years to relax this much - finally get to the point to when the power went out, I'd take a walk, find a book, or do something other than stress about the thing I was doing that was interrupted when the lights went out. I tend to think that with internet addiction on the rise for the general public that they are becoming more like us in this respect, and that's not a good thing. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:03 AM Scott T Anderson via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hi NANOG mailing list,
I am a graduate student, currently conducting research on how power outages affect home Internet users. I know that the FCC has a regulation since 2015 (47 CFR Section 9.20) requiring ISPs to provide an option to voice customers to purchase a battery backup for emergency voice services during power outages. As this is only an option and only applies to customers who subscribe to voice services, I was wondering if anyone had any insights on the prevalence of battery backup for home modem/routers? I.e., what percentage of home users actually install a battery backup in their home modem/router or use an external UPS?
Thanks.
Scott
Reference for 47 CFR Section 9.20: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-9/subpart-...
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