Maybe the phone lines just have some sort of twitchy surge protectors that the cable lacks.
Copper phone lines have surge protectors-good ones, industrial strength--at the central office. We'd rather not replace line cards every time we take a lightning hit.
Could CO surge suppression kicking in cause a DSL device to reset? Yes it's possible. Cable is sheilded, surges are much less of an issue than with twisted pair unshielded telco loops. CO surge suppression does nothing to protect devices at the subscriber end of the loops in the event of a surge, but it definitely could interrupt signal if it kicks in. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
