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From: richman@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: lightning on the phone lines
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Date: 7 Oct 88 04:29:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!richman    Oct  6 23:29:00 1988


We have had this problem repeatedly at my workplace.  One easy
and effective method to avoid the problem is to unhook the RS232
connector after you are finished with your remote session.  Very
inexpensive.  We also looked into more sophisticated versions of
surge protectors and found out that they (i) were not all that
useful, (ii) their usefulness was a function of how close to your
modem the lightning struck and (iii) if one of these devices took
a fairly strong surge, the suppression device would be damaged and
the cost of repair might exceed the cost of the modem.  Therefore,
we opted for the sure method.  Maybe technology has improved over
the past 12 months since we looked into this, though.  Good luck.
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