Long-term (hours+) solution for power outage: PBX, lights, and computers

[Ted Roche]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Ben Scott wrote:

>  Every possible solution -- including relocating the office -- has  
> a cost... Compare solution costs to the downtime cost schedule... I  
> suspect the numbers will indicate the current solution (i.e., none)  
> makes the most business sense.

Spoken as a true engineer. A completely correct solution. I agree.  
However. long-term costs are fuzzier. They might lose $12 an hour per  
clerk, or $xxx dollars per form, but they can lose reputation,  
industry standing and very large long-term contracts. Portions of  
this this equation are surely not completely rational, but that's how  
you get to be the boss.


Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com