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From: jsr@dexter.mi.org (Jay S. Rouman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Which is better to have?
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.001558.5462@dexter.mi.org>
Date: 23 Apr 91 00:15:58 GMT
References: <7223.280D280F@zswamp.uucp> <1991Apr18.162946.29336@bilver.uucp> <3921.2812b277@hayes.uucp>
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In article <3921.2812b277@hayes.uucp> tnixon@hayes.uucp writes:
>unpredictable and dangerous.  I've seen several cases of lighting 
>going THROUGH an external modem, arcing all around inside, and into 
>the computer through the EIA-232 cable, so I can't list "lighting 
>protection" as an advantage of external modems.  It may help a
>little, but it's no guarantee.  You need external protection,
>whether your modem is internal or external. 

Just the kind of reassuring words we wanted to hear during lightning
season. ;-)  What's considered good external protection these days?
Will MOV's across the line do the job?  There are tons of places
selling phone line protection devices but you never know what's inside
or if they have much chance of working.
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