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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 181 points 4 days ago (22 children)

If they’re without power, who will tell the GOP what to do?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

~~Old school landline phones work without power. Not saying they're using them, just a fun fact. ~~

Edit: see below. I have no idea what in talking about.

[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 days ago (6 children)

They absolutely do not. They just don't require power locally, but there's 48v on the line that needs to be generated somewhere.

[–] _deleted_@aussie.zone 25 points 3 days ago

There will be a big battery bank in each telephone exchange that supplies power until the generators start up. I always hated the battery room, it smelled and there was always the danger of hydrogen buildup. The telephone exchange can keep running on generators until mains power comes back on, or the fuel runs out. (The longest outage I’ve experienced personally on generators was 3 days). The expectation is always that mains power will be restored “soon”.

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