incrediBILL - 12:08 am on Oct 30, 2012 (gmt 0)

to how fast will a grid come back up from a power outage

Shouldn't matter for a good data center typically has a generator and some claim they can supply their own power from a few days to a week in the even of an emergency.

However, that doesn't mean the backbone, other than the actual phone company, can do the same thing so it's a crap shoot IMO.