On Mar 26, 4:55 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Why is so much of the Teleco plant fiber optic, that requires no
electrical protection?

So again you cannot answer the question. So as a hate monger, you
must change the subject. Every CO has copper wires. Every CO has
typically 100 surges with each thunderstorm. And damage must never
happen. Why? They don't waste money on plug-in protectors. They
spend massively less money for the protectors that actually do
protection. Every incoming wire in every cable connects short to
earth ground via a 'whole house' protector. Because that is the
protection that even makes direct lightning strikes irrelevant. That
is how it was done 100 years ago. That is based even in the
principles demonstrated by Franklin in 1752.

Rather than admit reality, you would throw out fiber optics as a
solution? What is the best solution per dollar? What makes even
direct lightning strikes to utility wires irrelevant? A 'whole house'
protector connected to the only thing always necessary for surge
protection - earth ground.

What defines every protection layer? Each layer always has one
thing - single point earth ground. What must magic box protectors
avoid discussing to protect obscene profit margins? Earth ground.

Spin and accusation does not change reality. COs suffer hundreds of
surges without damage - because the technology was even understood 100
years ago.. Protection is always about where energy dissipates. A
protector is only as effective as its earth ground.