Call the phone company. They might install (did years before elsewhere)
gas and MOV and choke isolations. We had them on all 75/150/300 WPM lines in
the other days of communication. Tis stuff hurts them as well - it breaks
down the insulation on bundles of wire - then water seeps in - and opens it up.

Might be worth the phone call.

Martin

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Nick Hull wrote:
In article ,
Don Foreman wrote:

I live in Central Florida, too. And we lose a modem or phone at least twice
a year, from forgetting to unplug them when a storm comes up. (and no,
surge suppressors won't handle it... we just have to replace that along with
the modem, computer, or phone).
Surge suppressors will handle it, but not the wimpy ones you get at
Best Buy or Radio Shack. In Florida you need big MOV's like this:
http://www.epcos.com/inf/70/ds/LS41K.pdf

Those Radio shack supressors WILL handle it, but not in 1 stage.
I use a multi-stage filter using RS 110vac MOVs, with small
chokes between stages. I haven't lost anything in over 10 years,
but I lost a lot before I installed the multi-stage filters.

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