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[Dylan16807]

Minimum speed still requires almost all the equipment to be running.

[SkyPuncher → Dylan16807]

Yes and no.

* Last mile has a downed line, yes that will result in a local outage

* Backhaul gets taken out. Re-route traffic. Drop/throttle non-SLA traffic

[Dylan16807 → SkyPuncher]

If you're able to reroute then you should almost always be able to keep Internet service running, just slower. Not many connections are so weak that they can only carry voice.