Fios battery backup questions

I am wondering if the fios battery backup is okay with generator power. I have a generac whole house generator and I have one ups that is fine with it and a smaller one that does not like the power it puts out.
Wondering if the fios ups will work with it or keep going on and off house power during an outage.
Also, does the fios backup keep every fios service running? I realize the stb's need another power supply.

astro_guy wrote:
Does Verizon offer an option where they back up the internet service as well? It just seems silly to back up one UPS with another. It's hard to imagine that this option wouldn't be available for business customers.
No, the BBU is only intended for the phone system. The thought behind that was that if power went out, then your computers and TV's would not have power to run (not considering laptop batteries) so there would be no need for internet and video to work if the power was out. And with only having to power the phone, the power draw is low enough to make a battery feasible. If it had to power the internet and video as well, that battery would have a significantly lower life expantcy. And many areas of the country require the phone to work for a certain amount of time which is one of the reasons for the battery in the first place. Adding the other services to that list would lower the battery life enough to violate the reqirements for the phone to work. Hence, the bbu only powers the tv/internet for 5 minutes after the power goes out, then it drops the internet/video to save power for the phone.
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