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w_tom wrote:
Do what BT does. Every building interconnects to theirs - the same
problem repeated 10,000+ times.. BT must never have damage because
every wire (inside every cable) gets connected to earth. Having no
damage was routine even 100 years ago. Protection is not provided by
surge protectors. Protection is about earthing every wire to the same
earth ground. Either a wire connects directly to earth OR a surge
protector makes that earthing connection.

Must be something wrong with my telephone - and every other one I've seen.
No local earth. Nor would you expect one with a balanced line.

Oh - if you earth every wire it will cease to be of any use...

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