A look inside a Verizon switch location [telecom]

Guilty-pleasure department - I don't know why this TV report delights me, but it does: a local

things going if the power fails.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - An undisclosed location in WAVE Country is home to one of Verizon's switch locations. Calls, texts and web browsing on a wireless device with Verizon service from all over the world, are routed throughout the switch location.

Network operations manager Dennis Robertson said the entire design of the building is built with Verizon's reliability model in mind. Back-up generators can keep the building running for days, according to Robertson.

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Posted 5 years ago by Bill Horne in General Telecommunications Forum

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