At 10:39 AM 9/10/98 +0100, you wrote:
>After an overhead lightning flash I lost a modem. I put it down to the
>electromagnetic surge that occurs in such storms.
Yes, this problem also killed my current modem once. I had it repaired and
it is still working after almost three years. The lightning induces a
power surge in the telephone line that can travel into your house and
damage anything connected to the line.
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