On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Orna Agmon wrote: > as far as i know, the problem with phone lines is not the lightning > itself, because it is not very likely to hit your building. the problem > is with voltage changes which are caused due to lightning storms.
like I said, the static electricity is the real enemy, and the smart people unplug their modems during storms. > hence, a lightning-catcher (?) (KALI BARAK) will not help in that matter. Kali Barak is when your PC is toast after hit by lightning. > the electricity lines do have a strong effect on comunication lines, > AFAIK. ofcourse, because of the strong magnetic field around conductors, they cause induction and the commline suffers noise, or in extreme cases, actual AC at voltages that NICs hate, but at least at frequencies they easely filter. phone lines work at much closer frequencies and can't just put a capacitor on the line because it will screw up the feeble signal they get from the telco, hence - no filters on the modem, modems get toasted. > and in contrary to all those who told about their cables and how their > computer is still fine, my modem was ruined in a lightning storm... ADSL is where it's at, babe. get with the times :) -- Formatted to fit your screen Ira Abramov ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
