Hello!

I wanted to create this post to see if I can get an answer, as google seems to give mixed results. This winter, I was thinking of getting a small generator incase our power goes out. We live in a rural area, so I have propane for heat, but was more worried about keeping devices charged and some lights.

I was curious if we had a power outage, if I powered my modem- would I still be able to have internet access? We have Xfinity but I wasn’t sure if there is a total power outage, if the internet would go down either until the local system is brought back up or if it had batteries/self generators so the network stays up during an outage.

  • acablepersonBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Short answer is probably, but depends on how long the power is out. All of the ISP’s field equipment should be connected to some sort of battery backup usually mounted on the pole itself. I’m fairly certain this is FCC regulated as well due to e911 policy where landline telephones still need to work in power outages for emergencies.

    Operative work here is should though.