Power outage,generator, no cable/internet

[kmac30 416]

Our whole area is in a brownout. Full house generator is running and we’re great. However, no cable and no internet. Is there a way to fix this? Seems like cable should work if cable box is on. Same with internet.

[blacklab 12064]

what do you think powers the box at the end of your street that the cable goes to? Gerbils? Magic fairy dust?

[kmac30 416]

Well, I guess I thought it was magic.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13731]

I believe some internet providers have emergency power to their equipment. Or they're powered by different lines. I've seen power outages in my area of Houston in the past but I can get online with Xfinity when I connect up my generator to my modem and router.  

Of course the other scenarios also occur: no internet when my power is on, or both go out. 

[gyroprotagonist 2597]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I believe some internet providers have emergency power to their equipment. Or they're powered by different lines. I've seen power outages in my area of Houston in the past but I can get online with Xfinity when I connect up my generator to my modem and router.  

Of course the other scenarios also occur: no internet when my power is on, or both go out. 

yeah, we had power out at our house for 3 days straight.  whole neighborhoods were out, but when i hooked up the genny, internet and tv worked.  Had uverse fiber

 

[ztejas 44227]

[Nice Guy Eddie 13731]

Once I was walking my dog by the one of the tall AT&T or Comcast street boxes when the power was out at my house. The box was making some type of noise that didn't sound normal. I assume there was some type of backup generator inside. I wonder if it was using natural gas as the fuel. /csb

[Updawg 2385]

Maybe that big tube is clogged. Op should try snaking his internet

[blacklab 12064]

Yes, some switching equipment will have back up power supplies, or a hook up that they can connect a temporary generator to, but if it's a rolling blackout they are probably just going to say fuck it and not attempt to keep everything on.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10803]

15 hours ago, kmac30 said:

 

Our whole area is in a brownout. Full house generator is running and we’re great. However, no cable and no internet. Is there a way to fix this? Seems like cable should work if cable box is on. Same with internet.

 

Satellite TV and/or internet

[gyroprotagonist 2597]

ask to borrow neighbors phone and turn on a hotspot.  continue to torrent pron

[Irish Wrist Watch 1503]

I've heard that when the power goes out in your neighborhood in the middle of summer, you should turn off your a/c unit. Reason - when it comes back on, all the a/c units kicking on at once can cause some kind of drain that can fuck up your unit's compressor?

Edited August 28, 2020 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Gil Bang 26240]

My provider for TV and internet is Cox.  

There's a box across the street.  It's got a gas meter hooked to it, just like the house does.  Occasionally, the generator can be heard running, and it's fairly random.   A few weeks back, the generator had been running a few days, annoying the shit out of the closest neighbor.  A crew came out and were working on the box .  Neighbor, being a nosy fuck, goes over to ask them what was up. They told him that the box has batteries inside, and that someone had stolen them.