>> Pat,
>> I don't mean to be insulting with this question so if it is
>> too obvious please forgive me. Is at least one telephone line
>> into your home exchange powered copper twisted pair? Do you
> Doesn't the cell tower connect to the rest of the world via copper or
> fiber feed ? How many of those towers have backup power ? The
> majority of tower sites in my rural area have 4 hours of battery
> backup without an on site generator. After 4 hours you are SOL.
> That's why our local ham radio repeater is located at one of the few
> cell tower sites with a standby generator. We also have 48 hours of > battery backup.
> Steve
> N2UBP
Around here they don't bother putting backup power at most cell sites. When Nextel put one of their cell sites on the building we're in we offered them a tap off our generator but they didn't want it.