The terminal box for the FTTP requires AC power which is provided by the customer. The UPS is there to provide backup power in the event of a power outage.
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> From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
> Date: 2004/07/23 Fri AM 09:34:51 CDT
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT: 2-30Mb fiber from Verizon
>
> Richard S. Smoot wrote:
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> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> The UPS is probably there to give some normal phone functionality
> >
> >
> > in that it can run for a while when you lose power. There may be a
> > statutory requirement
> > for this, since Verizon was set up as a monopoly. Normal phones all run
> > off the phone line
> > supplied 48VDC.
>
>
> How odd. One certainly doesn't need an entire UPS to do that.
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