Paul Johnson wrote: > Unless you run the phone line thru a surge suppressor.
Doesn't always help. The problem is usually a difference of potential between the phone line and the power line under lightning fault conditions. Ron Johnson writes: > Oh, yeah, because phone line surge suppressors never introduce massive > amounts of line noise that reduce connection speeds, if still allowing > connections at all... I have a power distribution center with filtering and protection that powers all my computers and my DSL modem (scrounged at a local school). It has phone line protection that worked fine with dialup but I can't use it with DSL. > Besides, what's to stop a big surge from arcing over the damaged external > modem circuits, down the RS-232 cable and onto the mobo? That can happen, but it's less likely with an external modem. I've lost several modems to lightning but the only time I had a motherboard damaged was when I was using an internal modem. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
