I was thinking the same thing. Our modem has been in place 4 years now, the
rental would have cost the same as what I paid every 18 months...
-Curt
On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 7:00:27 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I bought my own modem a few years back when I realized I would be money ahead
in less than a year not paying the rental. In your situation that might not be
the best plan!
Greg
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Subject: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper that
was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit by
lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so the
strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or something
I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I was sitting so
I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again.
This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning induces a
high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I need an arrestor
or surge suppressor or something on the network interface but it doesn’t sink
in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years.
--FT
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