Will the internet work during a power outage?

Whether your home internet connection continues to work during a power outage depends entirely on whether your internet service provider's local network equipment and your home networking hardware retain electrical power. If your home loses grid power, your Wi-Fi router, cable modem, and fiber optical network terminal (ONT) will immediately shut down unless they are plugged into an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) or backup battery system. Furthermore, if the broader neighborhood internet infrastructure loses power at the utility pole, your connection will drop. You can troubleshoot internet continuity easily by connecting networking gear to a backup battery. You can verify that your corrective action is successful when using a portable UPS unit to power your router and modem ensures continuous internet access and communication during temporary grid power outages.