[AusNOG] Lightning and FTTC - is it really this bad?

[Robert Hudson]

Excite at Home (which became Optus at 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.

They then tried to charge customers for replacement cable modems when they
were fried by lightning.  Didn't work out that way for them. :)

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 22:15, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Heard of ADSL? POTS?
>
> 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.
>
> Fun fact, RFC1 was written on a typewriter in a bathroom in 1969, because
> Steve didn't want to disturb his flatmates.
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1
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> BCP89.
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> On Wed, 20 Jan 2021, 21:54 Michael Junek, <michael at juneks.com.au> wrote:
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>> Hi Troy,
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>> Lightning has always been an issue for the copper network – the old adage
>> “don’t use the phone in a storm” comes to mind.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers
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>> M.
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>> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> *On Behalf Of *Troy
>> Kelly
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:54
>> *To:* 'ausnog at ausnog.net' <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Lightning and FTTC - is it really this bad?
>>
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>> I'm confused as to how FTTC would suffer more from lightning strike
>> related issues than other ground conducting technologies?
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>> Is it something about the Blue Mountains in particular, or is this
>> article rubbish?
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>> (Paywall, open in incognito if so inclined)
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>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/blue-mountains-residents-turn-off-nbn-in-storms-or-risk-no-connection-for-days-20210120-p56vjb.html
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>> Cheers,
>> Troy
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