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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Lightening protection
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 13:18:48 GMT
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- Message-ID: <827932728snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- References: <MODEMS-L%96032606062588@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU> <4j9fn6$oae@news.jf.intel.com>
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- In article <4j9fn6$oae@news.jf.intel.com>
- mark_a_hansen@ccm.jf.intel.com "{OfficeLAN Customer} hansen" writes:
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- >Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT%TREARN.BITNET@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU> wrote:
- >>Now that I bought expensive modems for my BBS, I want to make sure nothing
- >>happens to them :) How can one protect a couple of USR Courrier's
- >>"relatively cheaply" ? I need some sort of phone line surge suppressors
- >>I guess; that would enable me to sleep thru stormy nights..
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- >Your best protection is to unplug the RJ-11 jack from the wall when the
- >modem is not in use.
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- Which isn't a particularly useful option for a BBS line.
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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