NBN.. no power no phone??

[catsnknots]

"There will also be a separate power supply box which includes battery backup that will keep selected phone services* running for up to five hours in case of power failure. *The backup battery only provides power for a phone service provided through a voice (UNI-V) port on the Network Termination Device. Phone and other services connected to the data (UNI-D) ports, and mains powered telephones, alarms and other devices such as cordless phones connected to any port will not work during a power failure."

Is this true? 

So if I am without power for one week like we were this year will I not be able to make phone calls? 

Considering that we were not able to even get out of town for four days and had a lot of people very distressed I would be very concerned that we had no power and in the future that means no phone. 

[krazy.kiwi]

As an ex Telstra technician, I am not looking forward to when NBN is the only thing connected.

We have a cordless phone at home that we normally use, but we also have the old plain phone that gets it's power from the phone network.  It will work as long as the exchange does and I kow what sort of back up the exchanges had 15 yrs ago - I only hope they still have that sort of back up.

If the power goes out for any length of time with NBN, you will have no phone or internet unless you have a generator or battery back up of some form.

[windrake]

This has been known since day one.

This is our new super duper 21st century $43 billion dollar spend.....but wait.......no power no phone.

This whole thing was thought up on the back of a serviette, a massive white elephant, a monopoly just after we got rid of the Telstra monopoly, a no competition monopoly, only Labor could fail so spectacularly.

What a total joke. And now they are commandeering poles to string it up all around the place so it's a visual eyesore as well.

[lakeland27]

the cable is underground, i know as it goes past my house. i wonder how many people have no landline already in total, because i personally know plenty.  the turnbull plan puts boxes, large boxes on the poles outside every second or so pole. if its an ugly contest, the abbott /turnbull plan wins by quite a few laps.

[colic2bullsgirlore]

As an ex Telstra technician, I am not looking forward to when NBN is the only thing connected.

We have a cordless phone at home that we normally use, but we also have the old plain phone that gets it's power from the phone network.  It will work as long as the exchange does and I kow what sort of back up the exchanges had 15 yrs ago - I only hope they still have that sort of back up.

If the power goes out for any length of time with NBN, you will have no phone or internet unless you have a generator or battery back up of some form.

I have a lot of dial  and magneto phones, a rosewood exchange with eyeball indcators, some pyramid bits and pieces.

I just sold the very first generation "telecom attache" mobile phone that was one of the three first available in Australia on this id a couple of weeks back... weighed 2.9 kgs posted without battery.

Our "rotary" back up at the moment is a 400 series with a toothbreaker mouthpiece. Although I did not work for the PMG good friend and neighbor did and was one of the last apprentices to be indentured at the North Sydney telephone exchange in the 70s

[monman12]

"if the sub exchange loses power then we lose dial tone.", Yes, but it should not lose network power immediately because of battery back-up.

"If the sub exhange retains power but there is an electrical outage past that point then we have dial tone but no power."

???, meaning the phone network is working as it should?

"The telstra reps acknowledged that the batteries had failed in the last situation" In what way did they "fail" ? instant back-up power  is in the form of  banks of expensive (imported) sealed 12volt gel-cel batteries with a guaranteed life (if float charged) of 6/8 years. These batteries are (should) be regularly checked and load tested, and then, in my experience, are replaced after 3 years.  I used to buy them in bulk and sell them mainly to the country/bush areas for solar, caravans, boats,  4WDs,  electric fences, back up power via inverters etc.

The batteries failing I do not understand!

[cherry*135]

the cable is underground, i know as it goes past my house. i wonder how many people have no landline already in total, because i personally know plenty.  

I don't have a landline. I never got it reconnected when I moved house and don't miss it. I know plenty of homes that don't have one. The younger generation especially don't bother with one at their place of residence.

In the 12 yrs I have lived in Australia our power has only been out a couple for times for an hour or so ( caused by a car  that has hit a  power pole usually).

[cherry*135]

OP from memory did you already post in the past that your area is not likely to get NBN anytime soon?

[freakiness]

OP from memory did you already post in the past that your area is not likely to get NBN anytime soon?

That doesn't matter, this is a response to the thread I posted about the BS spread about NBN.

[catsnknots]

OP from memory did you already post in the past that your area is not likely to get NBN anytime soon?

I am a renter.. where I live now is probably not where I will live in three years time.. 

People in town had no power for three or four days... 

people in other areas had no power for several weeks... 

I do think that the NBN has good points... I am concerned that the copper network will be ripped up and that there will be no other choice. 

[monman12]

 LL: ".....the turnbull plan puts boxes, large boxes on the poles outside every second or so pole. if its an ugly contest, the abbott /turnbull plan wins by quite a few laps....."

Love to see a reference for this LL: "the turnbull plan puts boxes, large boxes on the poles outside every second or so pole"

LL, We already have FTTN in the form of smart phones/pads using 3G wireless from fibre connected phone towers, and with LTE/4G to come.

There is FTTN in use already (I am on it) in the form of Telstra/Optus HFC from fibre nodes, these serving around 2,500,000 customers wich the NBN have argued/agreed must be shut down: no competition please.
Why not let the HFC networks remain and connect others first?, because the NBN offering requires a legislated  monopoly to possibly be profitable.

As it is a NBN forced: give us the Eastern States communication cream, the Gillard/Conroy plan wins by many laps from the communication users bowl.