Re: MT nightmare

We had some sort of surge protectors recommended by TIVO on both the TIVO
boxes that were blown. My modem line is now wired directly to the outside
box and I wonder if that would not make it even more vulnerable. When my
server gets back and we set up through the router again, I am going to bring
the phone line into the UPS and connect through that, which has been
recommended. But, if anyone knows a better way of protecting phone lines
please pass it along. South Florida is lightning capital of the country,
but we have been here nearly 19 years and never lost anything other than the
TIVO units before and I have protectors on everything electrical--in
addition to the whole house protector.

Barb C.

Barb C.
"Jeannie Wilson" <jwilson421@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote here for all to
> seenews:G9-dnWCza7w5ruHfRVn-pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> I do have that whole-house surge protector direct from the electric
>> company for $3.50 a month. It did not protect, or maybe it did,
>> because the only things fried were connected to phone lines--TV's
>> through Tivo which has phone connection, modem, phones. While Server
>> and my main computer are on the same connection through D-Link router,
>> which modem also is connected to--server fried, computer did not!!!!!
>
> We've had much better luck with things not getting fried that are not
> connected some way to the telephone lines. We got hit by lightening
> around
> 3 times in our old house and anythiing attached to the phone lines always
> got fried. We did, however, get something from the telephone company (or
> at their recommendation - don't remember which now) to run my call-in
> system phone lines through. I will have to look behind there and see what
> it is - some sort of surge protector thingie for the phone lines.


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