sounds like another reason to use commodity hardware and an open-source pbx like asterisk ;)
-- William Sutton On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Jim Ray wrote: > even with a gas discharge surge protector on the phone lines and a ups, > lightning took out my pbx last year. it was really cool. $3000. poof! > > Cristobal Palmer wrote: > > The phone line wasn't at least going through a $CHEAP_BRAND surge > > protector? > > > > My apartment is happily untainted by BellSouth :) > > > > -CMP > > > > On 8/6/06, WA Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The power runs thru a UPS. Not the phone line. It does suck! > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Cristobal Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:26 AM > >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How was your week? > >> > >> > >> >I have to say: the google ads while I was reading your email were > >> > quite entertaining. > >> > > >> > I think I owe you a beer (or similar) for laughing at your expense. > >> > You'll find me up front at the meeting if you can make it. > >> > > >> > So, to answer your question, my week was pretty good. Better than > >> > yours, luckily. Joking aside, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. That > >> > really sucks. > >> > > >> > -CMP > >> > > >> > P.S. > >> > > >> > <plug class="shameless">I know where you can get a good 1400AV UPS (or > >> > two) if you need one (or two, or other replacement hardware).</plug> > >> > > >> > On 8/5/06, WA Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Two weks ago I had a lightning strike. Lightning hit the TV > >> antenna, came > >> >> down the pole, blew the cover to a breaker box into the yard. Then it > >> >> jumped > >> >> to the telephone protector and blew out the DSL modem. Then it hit > >> both > >> >> computers and took out both built into the motherboard nic cards, > >> video > >> >> cards, KVM switch and the keyboard! Then it took out a Ham Radio > >> and an > >> >> antenna tuner. It also hit both satelite receivers in the house. It > >> hit > >> >> my > >> >> Ham Repeater. took out the link radio and controller. > >> >> > >> >> So how was your week? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> WA Brown > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> TriLUG mailing list : > >> >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Cristobal M. Palmer > >> > UNC-CH SILS Student > >> > TriLUG Vice Chair > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer > >> > "Television-free since 2003" > >> > > >> > <tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is > >> Python > >> > <iank> Yeah > >> > <iank> I'm forced > >> > <iank> To indent > >> > <iank> My sentences > >> > -- > >> > TriLUG mailing list : > >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> TriLUG mailing list : > >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >> > > > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
