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Why 5-9s? I doubt any home connection has this, let alone the satellite.


Depends if it is data only or if you will be offering Voice Services. If you are going to offer Voice Service e911 regulations come into play on Residential Services. Most state require additional reliability as part of the service.

Thet is why my Fios Service has a Battery Backup for the voice circuits (even though I do not have them active)


An ISP serving from 5 to 30 downstream customers needs the micro pop to be up and online at least five nines, if not, something has gone terribly wrong.


doubt




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