From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article <39594586-FA6E-4EE1-9F8F-1E94C56D5FB3@lrw.com>,   
   Jerry Leichter  wrote:   
   >Now, it's certainly possible that this was independent line damage - but it   
   >was many hours after the storm itself passed, and there were no nearby line   
   >cuts in the area. (We had a large tree supported by communications lines   
   >leaning completely over a nearby road - but the POTS line came back when our   
   >power came back, several days before crews finally got to that tree.)   
      
   My guess is that your phone line is fed from a concentrator, what used   
   to be called a SLC, and its battery ran down.   
      
   COs usually have large battery banks and a way to hook up a generator   
   so I would be surprised if the CO went down.   
      
   In rustic upstate NY my rural LEC is installing fiber to the home,   
   providing both Internet and phone. It has a UPS with what looks like a   
   motorcycle battery. I looked up the specs and it appears it's enough   
   to keep my phone and internet on for four days.   
      
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