On 02/08/2018 16:05, Michael Chare wrote:
On 02/08/2018 11:29, Rod Speed wrote:

And our VDSL2 service doesn't even allow a landline at all, basically
because doing it that way gets better modem synch rates.


Who supplies that service AAISP?

No phone calls in a power cut then!

That has always been the big one and I understood that the need to make
calls in an emergency was the reason that they weren't allowed to switch
landlines to pure fibre years ago.

Assuming that both the VOIP phone and router need to be powered to make
calls, how are they getting around this? Especially when a severe
weather event could take power out to isolated houses or whole villages
for days, in conditions where the residents can't travel to get help.

A backup mobile isn't the answer either, because many elderly people
would make so few calls on it that it would get disconnected, it may
well be flat and many of the mobile base stations have no backup power
themselves anyway!

I did think that it would make sense to start moving to fttp and voip
over time, but with the fibre being bundled with copper. The copper
could be used purely to provide emergency power (perhaps with a very low
drain, automatic switching, router purely for phone calls during power
cuts) or the copper could still provide a backup analogue connection -
quality of line being less important.

SteveW