Or, lets say, an automatic network monitor (ALA SNMP) that tells them when UPS power is about to run down (before the lights go out) so they can roll their generator into place.
Shades of the massive AT&T failure of a few years ago. Lose external power, go to battery -- batteries run flat, cause nobody is paying attention. -- Eric Kozowski VP Internet Services eric@structured.net Structured Network Systems, Inc. (800)390-5945 Support A Verio Affiliate (800)881-0962 Sales/Info http://www.structured.net/ PGP Key fingerprint = 0A E4 91 B8 BD CB 3E 95 42 12 04 4E 14 DF 86 76 'They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.' -- Benjamin Franklin 1759