[log in to unmask],Net writes:
> I know of 3 lightening strike episodes that cooked PCs and only one of
>them was switched on - I think every one was via the phone line - modem
>cooked and route appearing to be via serial cable to PC.
>I have heard talk of lightening surge via the earth line - has anyone
>had this happen?
>I wonder if BT are addressing the problem - anyone know?
Logically, one would expect fibre-optic systems to be less likely to do
this to us.
Another reason to prefer cable to ISDN, but that decision appears to
have been fixed by the NHSE - just in time for obsolescence.
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