Thread: Powering a Hub5
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Old 07-10-2022, 21:56   #9
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Re: Powering a Hub5

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Incidentally, BT Full Fibre no longer has a phone line at all - the phone service is delivered via the fibre and the handset they supply connects to the Wi-Fi. You can buy a battery backup for the router if you want it (they supply it free to vulnerable users).

From this I surmise that the Openreach fibre network is run on battery backup at the exchange if need be, though even if it isn’t, BT’s Hybrid Connect service will switch to the EE 4G service if the fibre goes dark. That still requires mains power though.

Given that rota power cuts are the worst case scenario I am not about to run out and splash a load of cash on a home power bank just yet. I don’t do nearly enough of the outdoor living they’re primarily aimed at so I might never use it. At our old house, power cuts were a fact of life and a winter storm could leave us off mains for days at a time. So we can cope with 3 hours no problem.
Yes the Openreach FTTP network has battery backup at the exchange, the FTTC network has barrery backup at the cabinets. I've seen many reports of FTTC cabs being set up again after an RTA being run on batteries until the power company can fix the mains supply. Engineers would regularly change out the batteries until the supply was fixed.
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