Re: Lightning protection

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Years ago a strike occurred near a client's office and their modems were
fried.
Turns out that the telco did not have their lines properly grounded and
we got them to pay for the replacement of equipment.


> 
>                     "Jim Franz"
 
> After a severe lightning storm Thu nite, a customer's shop is still down.
> The AS/400 runs fine. The 400 & most network equip on large UPS all
> survived. (Their network tech put some RAS servers outside computer room &
> they died-idiot). All the hubs in office damaged.  My question is the CISCO
> router. Was on UPS & powers up ok, but the tech described the CSU/DSU port
> as "fried". Is there such a thing as T1 cable surge suppression? I asked
> router tech & he has no clue. I asked telco tech & he had no clue.
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