I'd go further than that and suggest that people disconnect in thunderstorms unless you have a surge protected adapter. We once had an email to the mag from a reader whose computer had been rather badly damaged by a lightning strike to the telephone wire. I'm not an electrical engineer so I don't know if there is any risk to the computer when using a modem router though I wouldn't expect the router to survive!
<br>Kind regards<br>Tim<br><br><br>-- <br>Tim Smith<br>IT and Open Source Journalist<br>IT Support and installation<br><a href="http://www.computeractive.co.uk">www.computeractive.co.uk</a><br><a href="http://www.itfreedom.co.uk">
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