My UPS was toasted by ligntening BUT it protected my equipment.  I don't
know about the cable modem.

Steve and Dara Snyder wrote:

> Gee, just when I thought I was safe from power glitches/outages
> by getting an UPS....  Also, I just realized that I'm connected
> full time through my cable modem (which is always connected).
> And since I still have a 56K modem connected to the phone line
> (through my UPS), am I in double danger from a lightning strike?

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