[Elecraft] 20m CW + KPA1500 = Comcast Disconnect

[Jim Brown]

On 8/6/2020 3:35 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
> This is precisely why we don't have Comcrap and instead have FIOS. We had
> constant trouble with Comcrap, and almost ZERO problems with Verizon.

Wish I had that option, but I'm lucky to have a POTS line here in the 
Santa Cruz Mountains. No cell coverage at all.

Just last night, we had a community meeting about the issue of 
communications here. Comcast internet is pretty fast, but their system 
has no backup power, so when PG&E shuts down their system when it gets 
windy so it won't start a fire, it typically stays down for 24-36 hours. 
So Comcast dies. And maybe Telco (AT&T) does too. Oh -- that Comcast 
guy, who claimed to be technical, stonewalled about the issue, and put 
out a "snow job" that baffled the non-tech folks running the meeting. 
And why does PG&E have to shut down? Because they've failed to maintain 
their lines, and, as I understand it, most of them are bare wire!

73, Jim K9YC