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I don't think I'll continue using Arch, btw (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But if the power goes out isn't the stuff from your ISP/mobile carrier out too?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Nah, cell towers often have some kind of backup power good for a couple hours or more, at least in the city where I am. I think I once had an outage last 3 days when a tornado wrecked the local transformer station, and still had cell service the entire time.