The power grid guys claim to have cold start plans locked and loaded, but I'm not convinced they would work. Anyone seen an after-action report saying how well a real grid cold start went? It would also be interesting to know which grid has had the most cold starts: in a perfect world, they'd be good at it by now. Bet it's in the Caribbean or Africa. But it's funny: small grid cold starts (i.e. an isolated island with one diesel generator and some solar) are so easy they probably wouldn't make good case studies.
It's clear that the Internet itself could not be cold started like that AC grids, there's simply too many AS's. (Think about what AS means for a second to understand why a coordinated, rehearsed cold start is not possible.)
It's clear that the Internet itself could not be cold started like that AC grids, there's simply too many AS's. (Think about what AS means for a second to understand why a coordinated, rehearsed cold start is not possible.)