On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:34:31AM +0530, jtd wrote:
wonder which would be safer. Cable TV has tens of (almost) parallel connections with cable length of 25 to fifty meters. Each TV would have a surge arrestor - the small neon lamp in the antenna lead. Otoh the triband modem will have a proper gas discharge lightining suppressor - but only one per circuit with much longer cable.
The main danger is from the terraces that are directly exposed to the sky. So cable gets hit easily. Actually the ethernet cards must be getting knocked off due to the high static levels. An actual lightning jolt will be big news in that area with possible damage to life and property ( God forbid ).
Regards,
Rony.
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