OOB core router connectivity wish list

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Herrin" <bill at herrin.us>

> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Randy Whitney
> <randy.whitney at verizon.com> wrote:
> > Nothing beats POTS in a broad power outage scenario. Numerous power
> > outages
> > have taken down mobile service completely while the POTS lines
> > stayed up as
> > it carries its own power by design.
> 
> Carries it from somewhere that has to remain powered which typically
> isn't a building with an automatic generator any more. Access to the
> POTS lines of yesteryear is dwindling and not all that slowly.

Oh, I dunno, Bill.  Sure there are lots more RSUs than there used to be,
but at least it's not all *that* hard to tell if you're connected to one. 

Much easier than, say, finding out if both sides of your loop have been 
groomed into the same cable.

Cheers,
-- jra
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