Hello!

I wanted to create this post to see if I can get an answer, as google seems to give mixed results. This winter, I was thinking of getting a small generator incase our power goes out. We live in a rural area, so I have propane for heat, but was more worried about keeping devices charged and some lights.

I was curious if we had a power outage, if I powered my modem- would I still be able to have internet access? We have Xfinity but I wasn’t sure if there is a total power outage, if the internet would go down either until the local system is brought back up or if it had batteries/self generators so the network stays up during an outage.

  • andre_vauban@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    “It depends”. The ISP will usually have enough battery power on all gear to last long enough for them to dispatch a crew with a generator if it’s a remote unmanned location. ISP gear in manned locations will have battery power and generators.