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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Do phone line surge protectors degrade line quality?
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 01:48:17 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- P. Pinto (ppinto@telepac.pt) wrote:
- : A few weeks ago I read something in this group regarding line surge
- : protectors and the likelyhood of them reducing the line quality as
- : they might limit the maximum bandwidth available to the modem.
- :
- : I am currently considering the purchase of such a device to protect my
- : new 33.6 Sportster from lightnings, but first I'd like to hear if is
- : someone using one these devices and their experiences with it.
- :
- : I'm considering a "Tripp Lite fax/modem protector", which claims to be
- : a "modem surge filter". First: will the modem really be safe during a
- : thunderstorm if I use one of these devices?
-
- Nothing will protect the modem from a direct hit on the phone line except
- having it unplugged from the phone line. However, the surge protectors
- will protect against distant hits and surges. I know, it worked for me (I
- had one modem running through a surge protector and one not... the one
- that wasn't protected got zapped.)
-
- : Second, and equally important: as I systematically connect at 28.8 to
- : my ISP and hope go beyond that if/when they upgrade their modems to
- : 33.6 (I'm quite impressed with the quality of my phone line ...), is
- : it likely that I start seeing some (many?) 26.4 connects or that I'll
- : be unable to get 33.6 or 31.2 connects with other V.34+ modems just
- : because of adding this surge filter?
-
- You should see no difference in line quality. I see no difference with
- mine and I have tried it both ways. Now, if the surge protector gets a
- hit enough to impair it, that's a different story. But that's why you use
- one... so the surge protector bites the dust instead of the modem (or, in
- the case of an internal modem, the computer).
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