Tour Verizon Super Switch Cat 5 Hurricane proof network switch in Orlando

[@Nighthawke70]

This was when their wireline infrastructure was badly neglected die to funds earmarked for wireline was diverted into their wireless division. It took a lawsuit by the linesman's union in the state supreme court and intervention by the state PUC, fining Verizon about $10 million USD to restore the funds and include additional money for the wireline budget. Verizon started to sell ILEC rights and physical plants to smaller, less capable companies like Frontier Communications. Now you know where those diverted monies went into, all those pretty weather-tight boxes...

[@visionofwellboyofficial]

This traces back to the old PrimeCo days, good job 👍👍👍 I will soon travel to USA and see if Verizon's 5G upload speeds are better

[@markarca6360]

Good that they are using Ericsson equipment.

[@markkut9419]

Because no afford to Nokia equipments 😊

[@DIYTelecom]

Huh... never heard that term “super switch”. Very cool. Makes me feel better about being a VZN subscriber in central FL. 😎

[@ojsilva1975]

Bell System now AT&T had that for years; since the mid 70’s.

[@studinthemaking]

Is the building built of poured concrete?

[@Thnikk]

Where is this? I didn't catch it.

[@orlandocoore4041]

In Orlando

[@fUjiMaNia]

cool stuff ! Verizon is awesome.

[@cloneNK1124]

2021 and I still use the cell phones @1:24

[@dusterdude238]

it can survive a category 5 hurricane, but can it handle Jamie Summers breaking in and turning on the fire sprinklers? Kdng :) [ from an old 1970's Bionic woman episode ]

[@jalisco509]

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmm thats alot of technology !!!!!!!

[@garymckee8857]

I noticed Tellabs 5500 equipment.

[@jvanoppen]

honestly does not look any different than our COs... Interesting that it does not have redundant generators.

[@zxggwrt]

The battery is good for a few minutes. Max. And that is only if someone is keep up maintenance.

[@williamjones4483]

Not quite. How long the battery lasts is dependent on the load placed on it. Reduce the load and the life of the charge is extended.

[@jfbeam]

The batteries alone will hold the site for several hours. The guy never stands still long enough to actually see anything. Best guess, there are half dozen or so, ~1000Ah strings; so there are several hours of power in the batteries alone. (plus there are two (2) onsite backup generators.) The last telco I worked at had 4 x ~2000Ah strings, running at less than 300A per string. (only took a picture of one rectifier - they're all in parallel.)

[@straightpipediesel]

Those lead acid wet batteries have a lifetime of 15-20 years. Somebody does check the electrolyte and tops with acid and water as necessary, but because they're rarely cycled, never see temperature extremes, and the electrolyte is maintained, they will last forever.

[@lorenzo42p]

I suspect those batteries are 48 volt to power telecom equipment only. they probably have other battery backup systems for equipment requiring AC power. usually in a datacenter, the air conditioning units aren't connected to batteries. they are allowed to go down in the case of a utility power failure, and are powered by the generators when they come online. this leaves me wondering what they do to cool the building when severe weather comes. I kinda think they really do run the generators in a hurricane. where I'm from, up north, they do.

[@mikeE0055]

Incorrect. Those strings will last several hours if necessary. If there’s a commercial power outage the generator spins up in less than 20 seconds or so. The batteries are tested on discharge at least once a year. Not many know that each huge battery has a voltage of around 2.18 VDC.

[@leakesonasucs]

First off is to stop the cooling system

[@raxxtango]

firstly, the building receives commercial power from the street, goes through the transfer switch, inverters and the rectifier equipment and to the equipment. batteries are connected and constantly charging. once commercial power is lost, the batteries "take over"- but have a limited cycle time depending on the office load. the generator diesel is part of the transfer switch. when commercial power is lost, the batteries immediately take over and start the generator. the generator may take a few minutes to generate a smooth power signal, will go through the inverters converting AC to DC voltage back through the batteries. the other ac power will go through the rectifiers for any emergency 120/240v AC power. Dc power will go to the pcfd or bcfd and out to the individual equipment bays.

[@lorenzo42p]

they usually have a separate set of UPS's to provide battery backup power to AC equipment. near the end of your comment you mention the equipment requiring AC power goes through rectifiers, maybe just a typo, but no, only DC related things use rectifiers. the huge banks of batteries we see in the video are likely only 48 volts to power DC telecom equipment. I've seen those huge DC power plants, pretty crazy. makes me want to play with electricity

[@milesdyson5211]

1:26 we can tapp into everything , heres proof !

[@DandyDon1]

How safe is it will all of that stray RF flying around inside the vehicle to the driver and it's passengers?

[@lorenzo42p]

fake news. if it wasn't safe, osha would jump all over that.

[@lesterawalt3184]

@@lorenzo42p OSHA DID GET ON THEM, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE IN STEEL BOX'S NOW AND MOVED TO THE VERY BACK OF THE CAR.

[@lorenzo42p]

@@lesterawalt3184 yea, steel box to block the harmful rf rays. the same rf signals that cannot be blocked or the phones won't get signal making them absolutely useless.

[@BartlettTFD]

Verizon should have selected someone who actually had technical knowledge of the facility. Pitiful presentation‼️

[@eddieraffs5909]

This stuff is way too complex. I cut my teeth on tip & ring x-bars over 50 years ago.

[@bmj7883]

Appreciate the content, but maybe get a gimbal or at least stop moving the camera (phone...) around so much when you're trying to show something to your viewers.