On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:56:55 +0000
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 24/12/2020 19:34, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

> >  I was suggesting that since they insisted on running both (I
> > only wanted the fibre) it would make sense to power the fibre
> > terminator from the loop current and give the fibre the same kind of
> > reliability that the copper has.
> >
> Far too sensible to ever be adopted...

 Yeah - but I'm starting to contemplate a DC-DC converter and a
couple of plugs ... but then I'd need to battery up the router, the switch
and the APs.

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