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Forced landline forfeiture
In the event of a natural disaster, landline copper can be powered indefinitely via batteries and a backup generator from the central office (CO). As a previous member of the provincial PEP (Provinci...
The problem is, it is not robust, there is a lot of maintenance to ensure copper remains operating. Trail was one of the early communities switched to fibre due to the degradation of connections throughout the city, making fibre much, much cheaper to operate and maintain.
With ever fewer people even having a landline, there comes a point where it’s utility is suspect, and other options make more sense. Having worked in EOC, landlines are ever less used there as well. A robust cell network, with prioritized connectivity, allows field and EOC to communicate directly.
zzyzyman In Creston the main population portion of the valley is on fiber if you want to. Some apartment building will probably never see fiber. I changed to fiber but had them put in a battery backup. (no cell Phone) No cost to me. The copper line i had was so bad for years now perfect. This was done same time to get a faster fiber internet. Polecat
