04-10-2024, 07:20 PM
Since Century Link has been moving to fiber, with the "last mile" remaining copper wire. The place where the fiber is "switched" to copper requires power (both for the optical fiber conversion to copper, but also supplying the necessary power on the copper side so the old style phones (e.g. princess phones) will work.
For Jamestown, the switches are at the west end of the big park. Batteries are used to provide temporary power when the Xcel power is out, but they last only so much. For this particular wind event, Century Link brought up a large mobile generator to keep the Jamestown phones going.
As for the Bar-K, I'm not sure where the fiber to copper switches are. Either the backup batteries were insufficient or there was no generator.
Another possibility is that the actual phone wires were down and needed repaired.
For Jamestown, the switches are at the west end of the big park. Batteries are used to provide temporary power when the Xcel power is out, but they last only so much. For this particular wind event, Century Link brought up a large mobile generator to keep the Jamestown phones going.
As for the Bar-K, I'm not sure where the fiber to copper switches are. Either the backup batteries were insufficient or there was no generator.
Another possibility is that the actual phone wires were down and needed repaired.