That's affirmative. FiOS is safer from a lightning strike/surge point of view since, as you say, all it is sending is light. Unlike the copper wires it replaces the transmission medium does not conduct electricity. -Mike
__________________ Michel David Lowe > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Else > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:17 PM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] FIOS and surge protection > > I'm no comms engineer, but I believe that FIOS, being glass fiber, has no conducting > material to bring any kind of electricity into the house. It should be all blasts of light. > > Dan > > >>> K Swab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/19/2007 4:02 PM >>> > > I just installed Verizon's FIOS service for both my > phone and video service. The CATV wire and the two > copper telephone lines I had coming to my house have > been removed. I am having a whole house surge > protector installed to protect my electrical service. > Do I need to worry about electrical surges coming in > through the fiber optic line and destroying any > equipment through that path or is the whole house > surge protector enough, i.e., can surges come in on > the FIOS? > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L > YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
