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Swimmer1000
6 years agoNeighbour
Backup power for fibre access
I had fibre installed in my house and then had a power failure after that. When the fibre access was installed battery backup was not included. When the power failed the phone failed as well. Is powe...
Skiddy
6 years agoAdvocate
This is a glossed over topic ((from my experience). when fibre installation is discussed. It appears the local SAC box may have UPS, however, the customer’s premise equipment needs to have a UPS or a power outage will be a service outage. If you have a landline, it will still work during a power outage as long as you are not using an AC powered cordless phone. A move to fibre to support a landline requires a UPS be bought and installed by the customer, the way I understand it.