[CLUE-Tech] phoneline cards

[Charles Oriez]

At 02:51 PM 9/14/2004, Nate Duehr wrote:
>Collins Richey wrote:
>
>>
>>Maybe my ignorance is showing, but most surge protector strips these
>>days have plugs to protect ethernet and/or phone cables. In my case,
>>the power surge must get through the cable modem, the router, and the
>>surge protector before getting to my cpu's.
>>
>No not ignorant at all.  In the case of the phoneline cards, doesn't the 
>phone line plug directly into the back of the PC?
>
>If a surge protector is used, that would help, and as in your case, you 
>have the cable modem to get through too.
>

an outfit called APC makes a notebook surge protector called 
SurgeArrest.  It doesnt have a socket for the ethernet cable, but it has 
three phone jacks, one to a phone, one to the wall, and one to the modem.


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