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[Terry Decker]

>Also sprach Huette von Ahrens:
>>Isn't that what a surge protector is for?
>>Although perhaps the voltage of lightning is
>>too much for the standard surge protector.
>
>Often, that's exactly the case.
>
>Adamantius

Which is why surge suppression is being added at the breaker box to protect
the building electrical systems and attached appliances.  It's a one shot
device that is supposed to bleed off the excess power and burn out.
Unfortunately it doesn't protect telephone or cable lines.  The modem,
router and network card sounds like an induction surge on the comm line,
which is not too uncommon an occurence.

Bear