At 06:13 PM 11/19/2007, Michel Lowe wrote: >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
Do you know the actual construction of the Fios cable? While the data transmission medium is glass fiber, there may well be a metal wire or jacket component for tensile strength. If the latter exists, it could conduct a lightening strike or a hit from a broken high tension wire. ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
