[Sussex] ADSL and weather

[Tim Smith]

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!
Kind regards
Tim


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Tim Smith
IT and Open Source Journalist
IT Support and installation
www.computeractive.co.uk
www.itfreedom.co.uk
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