Home internet has been out for a few hours tonight due to a storm, and no ETA yet on when it will be back up. If you run a lightning node at home, have you considered the need for redundant internet service, or do you have some other backup plan in case of a prolonged internet outage? Curious how others approach it. This type of situation was yet one more reason why I shut my channels down last year, and why I just run non-custodial mobile apps like Breez now.
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Solar or biogas powering a generator would be my solution if I was doing any of that or owned a home.
It's not an investment for your "house", it's for the "good of bitcoin".
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💯 Backup power is the other consideration. In my case tonight power has stayed on but the internet is out. Probably some type of mobile hotspot could get the job done, but ideally it would automatically switch over in case you’re not home when the main service goes down. For me, doing all that for the small amount I need to send/receive on LN wasn’t worth it 😂
I have my node on a ubs, but also have a few battery packs for modem/router as needed. They’ll give me up to 8 hours on a modem alone. I’ve had power out but internet on with this approach, but obviously there could be an internet outage if the situation has damage from local switch station, but I haven’t had that yet.
That’s probably the more common scenario. I kept mine on battery backup but never had a good easy backup solution for an internet outage, especially if the outage occurred while I wasn’t home.
I guess it depends on coverage and density. If cables are down, it limits the options to independent broadband or satellite, both coming with some nominal fee. Good question , and curious if there is a switch option to manage the transition 🤔
I wonder if anyone is using Starlink, either as backup or all the time.
I have 2 nodes main nodes that are in different locations. Each has roughly the same liquidity at all times, and have the same channels opened other than 2 different on each, for routing reasons.
Not a true redundancy, but there is plenty of inbound on both, and if both go down in different cities, we are all screwed anyways.