For example: would a cabinet be on the same UG mains circuit as local domestic premises?

clyde123

What were you looking to find out?

Your local exchange will have backup generators, BT equipment will be on these, other operators equipment may or may not be depending on their cost decisions.

The fuel supply should last 24 hours minimum but may be longer if the exchange has a history of long power cuts.

There is no way to find out about your specific exchange unless it has an issue when a complaint may bring some info. If it has had no issue you have no reason to worry.

For must users all of this is irrelevant.

Then router goes off and so so does their internet.

The best option for most people would be to have content downloaded on an iPad or to have their Nintendo switch charged.

Failing that read a book under candle light.

I think it’s all about emergency calls rather than Nintendo switch in a blackout. But who am I to argue 🤣

Kitcat,

Trying to ascertain what might happen, what might work, and what might not. In the event of sustained power cuts.

For instance, there's no point in putting in a UPS at home for the router/internet, if there's no signal coming down the line or if it too dies after a very short time.
Same considerations for many small businesses.
If we ruled out the phone line as a reliable internet source, then it would make sense to put more effort and resources into mobile internet, maybe a good 4G router or something along those lines.
But the comments here indicate that there should - **probably** - be continuing broadband down the phone lines *in most cases* for a good few hours at least. That is helpful to know.

All this referring to the xDSLx scenario.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

I think it’s all about emergency calls rather than Nintendo switch in a blackout. But who am I to argue 🤣

No hope for me, no mobile signal and Virgin Media's UPSless network (at least in my area) I can just about last an hour on UPS's and they can't even last 30 seconds.

Thought you were imminently getting Openreach FTTP?

But the comments here indicate that there should - **probably** - be continuing broadband down the phone lines *in most cases* for a good few hours at least. That is helpful to know.

All this referring to the xDSLx scenario.

It doesn't refer to your router unless, like you, the user has a UPS. No broadband of any kind other than mobile to mobile phone if the router (or even stand-alone modem) has no on-site power backup and the power to the premises fails.

The exchange power down the line won't drive a modem or modem/router. Even if the splitter passes it through, which I don't know. (Splitters do pass both phone and broadband signals to the modem, just preventing broadband frequencies to and from the phone cable).

Also of course if you are using a DECT phone system the base station would be dead in a power cut without backup power. You need an old type direct plug-in one.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Thought you were imminently getting Openreach FTTP?

At the end of contact with Virgin, I don't really want to be paying for multiple services (that and its not here just yet) my plan is leave at price rise season early next year then I can migrate across without leaving fees.

I think since I wholesale services I might be able to get it at wholesale price to the company so will look into trying to get that added a company benefit for everyone once I have been there a little longer.

In reply to a post by clyde123:

If we ruled out the phone line as a reliable internet source, then it would make sense to put more effort and resources into mobile internet, maybe a good 4G router or something along those lines.

The 4G router would also be off in a power cut. However using a charged-up mobile phone as a hotspot works well until it goes flat. I used to run my laptop + iPad + the internet connection for my smart tv that way. Obviously not the tv in a power cut.

There are of course cheap pocket-sized devices for charging mobile phones widely available.