Hawaiian Telcom Needs To Make A Stronger Efffort

[DickWilson]

Devany; most cell towers have a very limited backup power system. Only a very few are on a UPS system with generator capability. During an extended outage most towers will go out of service when their battery backup runs down. Some towers do have PV capability, but not most. The landlines are powered from the phone company, who do have UPS and generator systems to provide power. While I'm not a fan of Hawtel, they do have a point about their lines working during disasters. But you do want a corded phone, portables are useless in a power outage.

dick wilson
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