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- Path: cuci.nl!srb
- From: srb@cuci.nl (Stephen R. van den Berg)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.comm
- Subject: Re: I've Had It With Supra 28.8. It's a piece of shit.
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 01:03:21 GMT
- Organization: Cubic Circle
- Message-ID: <4csesp$nss@hera.cuci.nl>
- References: <49kmbp$3hn@news.mel.aone.net.au> <4cide8$7op@news.accessorl.net> <boobyen-0501961810470001@ip221.lax.primenet.com> <shenning-0701961212450001@abe-ppp315.fast.net>
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- Stephen M. Henning <shenning@fast.net> wrote:
- >where a lightning strike will KO your telephone line. The telco installs
- >lightning protection, but it usually allows spikes of 1,000 volts through
- >and these will break down the insulation on most telephone wire. When
- >this happens, it can melt the copper in the wire.
-
- This would actually be good. It would protect your equipment (at the cost
- of some wiring).
- --
- Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
- Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
-
- "To err is human, to debug ... divine."
-