Lightning fried my phone line.

[Protoclown]

Ironically, the DAY after my on and off phone/internet problems with Cavalier finally ended for good, we had a really bad storm and lightning apparently struck and knocked out both of our phones as well as our DSL modem. Strangely, the line itself still works just fine. I've replaced the phones, but it will take some time to get my modem back. So um, I can only get on the boards at work, and only in a very limited capacity, and I can't get on AIM at all. So there you have it.

[O71394658]

You're lucky that it didn't do worse. My friend's moniter blew out when lightning struck his power lines. Was a really expensive one, too.

[Protoclown]

thank god for surge protectors

[O71394658]

Myth #6. COMPUTER MODEM DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY SURGES ON THE PHONE LINE.

The phone line is a high-impedance circuit which cannot support high energy surges, so they die away rapidly after the inducing source (e.g., lightning) disappears. In contrast, the low-impedance power- line provides an ideal propagation network for high-energy surges. Also, the telephone service entrance is protected to under 300 volts, while power-line surges can reach 6000 volts before they will arc over in 110-volt fixtures. Most computer modem damage is caused when high energy power-line surges are diverted to the reference ground and coupled into the digital side of the modem. This elevated voltage then seeks the phone line ground reference on the analog side of the modem and arcs through the modem. As a corollary to this, phone- line protectors which provide shunts to the power-line ground (commonly found as cube taps which provide two phone line jacks that plug into a 110-volt receptacle) may introduce more disturbance to the phone line than they relieve, creating more problems than they solve

Here's some info, even though I don't understand what it means. :/

[Protoclown]

That's great that it's a myth and all, but it doesn't change the fact that IT FUCKING HAPPENED.

[O71394658]

I never denied that it did.

[Protoclown]

Oh?? Well do you deny that Hercules moved that river whatteveritwas to clean those damn pooped up stables?

YES OR NO MOTHERFUCKER

[kellychaos]

Now that's the best tastin' enema I eva hoid!

[O71394658]

They were the Alpheius and Peneus rivers.

[glowbelly]

way to kill a thread, jerkface

[hobo]

ive got cavalier telephone too and it really sucks. i thought it would be a better deal and shit since it was cheaper