[plug] wanted: 56k modem

Jason Posavec jasonposavec at optusnet.com.au
Wed Jun 14 08:39:11 WST 2006


Has anyone tried using the old trick of tying 3 small loops in the phone 
cable and has seen if that works against lightning strikes?

Or is that one for Mythbusters?

Jason



Jonathan Young wrote:
> And since we've moved on to 'the case against internal modems', add to
> that lightning strikes.
>
> I have seen first hand the evidence of damage done when a lightning
> strike causes a surge to come down the phone line.
>
>   
>   



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