Originally Posted by
Kremmen
I've experienced power outages in SE Asian hotels where typically WiFi, lifts and limited lighting were kept going by the backup generator. If a place charging $30/night can afford that, I'd expect more from an American hotel charging over 5 times that.
From my many experiences with natural disasters, cable internet is the
FIRST service which goes down in a natural disaster, sometimes LONG before power does. Similarly, cable internet doesn't come back for a long time, sometimes weeks or
multiple months after power is restored. No generator will help you there.
As others have mentioned, different regions have different challenges. I was floored when I was at a client's office in Anchorage, Alaska and they had NO generators on-site, just some basic UPSs for their IT infrastructure. No small operation either, 500+ employees across multiple states. When they had the 7.4 earthquake, they lost power for less than 1 minute. At my company's HQ in Florida, we have 24+ hours of UPS power, along with generators and alternate sites in case the building gets wiped out. Similarly, we have no snow heaters on our antennas and dishes here.