Is Fiber Still Active If Residential Power Is Out?

As the years go on, the odds are less and less likely.

Many telecom companies don't design battery backup capacity for home internet systems like they used to because most people can't use the internet when power is out. They used to have to provide battery backup for power outages so that hardline phones would work, especially for emergency calls.

If you are truly planning on power outages, you need to have a plan that allows you to use wireless/cellular internet in a power outage. Cell towers will all have good backup power setups.

I have REV and never lost internet while out of power for 5 days after IDA.

I pay $25 a month for a T mobile 5g hotspot to use as a back up. Its well worth the money and I put the kids devices on the Tmobile network and run all my stuff on our gigablast mesh network. They will run through some data and the cox limits are generous but not unlimited without paying an extra $50 a month.

I never lost ATT fiber during or after Ida, in spite of losing power. Anytime I turned my UPS back on, I had internet, no exceptions. It was impressive.

this is why i still have physical media.


Sometimes youve got to pass time when shits not working or you are just running off a gen.

I have AT&T 5gig fiber. We went without electricity for 4-5 days recently. My internet worked just fine (on generator power to run router).