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TexLaProgressive

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7. I'm going to cheat and post a definition I found online

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 08:15 AM

Feb 2022

Mostly because it is out of my area of expertise. I know what it is, but not deeply. We just handed off to some nebulous thing and hoped they didn’t do something stupid causing a wide spread outage. Being local, we are the ones that get “slapped” by the people.

An Internet backbone refers to one of the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers on the Internet. Major cloud providers are connected to the internet backbone to be able to offer you as a customer Infrastructure as Service.

https://www.intricately.com/glossary/internet-backbone

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Question: access to internet via phone during power outage [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP

There may be a fairly simple answer MerryHolidays Feb 2022 #1

Yes. This. I suspect some cell towers were rendered dysfunctional due to the power outage hlthe2b Feb 2022 #2

"a different carrier" ? left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #3

The cell network is fairly complex. TexLaProgressive Feb 2022 #4

Thank you, great info! What's a "backbone," actually? raging moderate Feb 2022 #6

I'm going to cheat and post a definition I found online TexLaProgressive Feb 2022 #7

Here is what I have done, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #5

this is great advice----thank you New Haven Feb 2022 #9

using the personal hotspot wifi feature on my cellphone New Haven Feb 2022 #8

My WiFi router is connected to a UPS Ron Obvious Feb 2022 #10

Here is the simple, like me, Multigrain method. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #11

I forgot something else. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #12

None of these responses apply to my question left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #13