While you're waiting on your internet service provider (ISP) to roll out fiber optic cable to your area for those sweet gigabit broadband speeds, maybe you should hope they tap into your phone line ...

A long time ago when telephones were so simple almost nothing could go amiss from an electrical point of view, Telecom operators installed surge protection on all telephone lines exposed to storm ...

OK, I know this is sort of the wrong place for this sort of thing, but phone lines are a networking thing <P>Also, for you folks who have seen me post this same message on a few other boards, sorry ...