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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.
This is honestly a big problem I have with PureFibre for phone service, they did not even install a backup battery on the ONT which honestly should be mandatory. At least Shaw installs a backup battery in their VOIP cable modem. My grandpa used to pick Telus over Shaw because the phone would work in a power outage long term without worrying about a backup battery, now they switched him over to an ONT with no backup battery. He doesn't even have internet or TV with Telus, those are still on Shaw as they didn't offer those services to his house in the past, so the ONT isnt doing anything but providing phone service. I have yet to ask him what he thinks about having no phone during a power outage.
