<div dir="ltr">Excite@Home (which became Optus@Home, which became Optus Cable Internet) had a contractual obligation on the customer to leave the cable modem plugged directly into the wall socket they installed, specifically prohibiting the installation of a surge protector/arrester.<div><br></div><div>They then tried to charge customers for replacement cable modems when they were fried by lightning. Didn't work out that way for them. :)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 22:15, Mark Smith <<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Heard of ADSL? POTS?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If the Internet was only meant to run over fibre, there wouldn't have been any ARPANET or Internet before the late 1980s or early 1990s.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Fun fact, RFC1 was written on a typewriter in a bathroom in 1969, because Steve didn't want to disturb his flatmates.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">BCP89.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jan 2021, 21:54 Michael Junek, <<a href="mailto:michael@juneks.com.au" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">michael@juneks.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi Troy,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Lightning has always been an issue for the copper network – the old adage “don’t use the phone in a storm” comes to mind.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Certainly where my mum is, in Springwood, the copper is above-ground-- you often see a 100-pair floating off the power poles, with the house pair coming from a jumper box mounted up high. This would
contribute towards the issues seen.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>So it definitely has some merit – my mum has already had to have the FTTC NCD replaced once in the (less than) 12 months she’s had an NBN connection.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The article states “Our technical teams continuously look to investigate ways to reduce the impact of lightning on our electronic equipment with ongoing testing and trials as part of this process.”
– this I can attest to, as I have two properties which will be participating in these trials.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>M.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Troy Kelly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:54<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>' <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Lightning and FTTC - is it really this bad?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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I'm confused as to how FTTC would suffer more from lightning strike related issues than other ground conducting technologies?<br>
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Is it something about the Blue Mountains in particular, or is this article rubbish?<br>
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(Paywall, open in incognito if so inclined)<br>
<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/blue-mountains-residents-turn-off-nbn-in-storms-or-risk-no-connection-for-days-20210120-p56vjb.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/blue-mountains-residents-turn-off-nbn-in-storms-or-risk-no-connection-for-days-20210120-p56vjb.html</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Troy<br>
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