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Lightning Can Go Through The Phone Lines And Wal-Mart Doesn’t Sell Dial-up Modems

By Denese. Filed in Computer and Internet  |  
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That just about says it all, doesn’t it. :)

All of our electronics and appliances are plugged into surge protector strips, so I thought everything was protected from electric surges and lightning strikes –wrong!

During one of last week’s storms, lightning went through our telephone line and fried the modem on my computer! I had no idea it could do that!

Well. I guess I’m way behind times; I have since found out that they make surge protectors with a phone line plug-in –I even found one at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart doesn’t have everything, though. I had to go to four different places to find a modem; Circuit City is closed down and neither the Wal-Mart or the Office Depot in our area carries them.

I finally found one at Staples for $45 -the last one they had in stock! Thank you Mr. Zach at the Maryville Staples store. :)

I’m all hooked back up, but now I have over 3000 e-mails to go through…aaack!

I’ll have to get me one of those “round tuits”. :)

 

Another cabbage recipe coming up…and who knows what else!

Blessings,

Denese

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One comment to “Lightning Can Go Through The Phone Lines And Wal-Mart Doesn’t Sell Dial-up Modems”

  1. Comment by Penny Raine:
    Wednesday, June 24th 2009 at 2:54 pm

    aww Denese, when we had dial up we went through that at least twice a month, I know a place to get modems for under $5,  and sometimes chepaer on ebay hopefully you never need one, but if so let me know,
    just for the record, if lightning gets your surge protector it ruins it, modems are usually cheaper than good surge protectors
    blessings dear friend, Penny Raine