Re: Cable Modems

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Generally, yes.  It will in part depend on the cable co's infrastructure
outside your home but I've had no problems staying online in the past
(assuming I'm working on a laptop/tablet/smartphone) during outages.

An alternative that some may find more appealing, if you're only concerned
about computing devices that are easy to manage, would be to invest in a
WiFi hot spot from a cellular carrier or enable tethering on your
smartphone.  Performance, both speed & latency, won't be as good but it
does have the added value of being portable/useful outside the home.  And
even a decently priced UPS won't power the modem & router for much more
than an hour or two.


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> During a recent (fairly lengthy) power outage I got to wondering if a UPS
> on my cable modem and router would have allowed me to go on working. I know
> the phone system runs even when I have no power to the house but don't know
> enough about how cable operates to know how well that survives power cuts.
>
> Anyone know?
>
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> Jon Paris
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