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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I'm trying to figure out how you would lose Internet if the power went out. I'm sure that you have wi-fi, so you could plug the wireless router into the generator to keep that going. If you have cable, it wouldn't quit, would it? If you have DSL, wouldn't it be okay, regardless? Even if you got Internet access by tethering to a cell phone, you would be good. Of course, you could plug your desktop computer into the generator or battery backup, or run a laptop on battery for a while. I'm probably misssing something very obvious. We had a fairly long power outage a few nights ago--my laptop still worked, my cable still worked. I assume that if I had a generator or battery backup, my wireless router would have still worked, and I would have been fine . . . .
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Downed power lines. Cable is strung on the same poles. We have lots of trees here and my street is one of the last ones to get serviced because there are so few houses on this branch of the line.
I have Comcast and the router needs a hardwire connection to the cable. As to cellphone service, I don't have a data plan (by choice), so tethering is out.