Re: Modem is being blocked from connecting

Thanks so much for all the input. She's going to buy a new modem and see if
that fixes the problem.
"RalfG" <itsnotme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A lot of UPS's include telephone line surge protection. Some have surge
protection for TV cable as well. A direct strike on the house could still
kill all the electronics that are plugged in at the time. Been there.

"Ghostrider" <-00-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pam wrote:

I didn't think to check firewalls or anti-virus programs. I'll do that
the next time I go to her house. She called me later in the afternoon
and said that she had talked with a friend who said that it could have
been lightning coming in on the phone wire. Her house was struck a week
ago, and it destroyed her cable TV converter box. Could it be the fault
of lightning?



The modem can certainly be fried by a nearby lightning strike since one
does not usually protect telephone lines. However, the modem is OK if the
user can connect to other sites in the Internet.




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