During substantially long (in terms of time) power outages in my USA neighborhood, the local companies set out gasoline-powered generators to power the local-larger what-seem-to-be controller boxes in my neighborhood.

About 5-8 years ago, parents were having internet connectivity problems in their home (one via Ethernet to modem, other via WiFi) their in-home wired ISP. Telephone call from parents (via a 7 hour time difference) ... "The Internet is broken." Mom! Dad! The Internet cannot "break." The whole point is that it wasn't designed to "break." Is the wire snapped by a tree branch from pole to house? No. Good. Is the power on in the house? Yes! Good. Try turning modem/router off then back on. Wait a minute... The Internet works again! Great Mom & Dad, I'm going back to sleep! Strangely, when I woke up, there didn't seem to be any worldwide newsflashes that "The Internet" had been broken. Phew!