And when you get satellite a hurricane will.break it while cable and vdsl2 work just fine.
For what its worth -- even after Katrina here in Southern Louisiana, if you 1) still had a home, 2) had power and 3) had a compass and/or a steady hand, your satellite TV worked. I lost my home, but I know from experience that even weeks after we got back our business held on with one POTS line, no T1, and no DSL...
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