did I electrocute my modem?

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5,204 Send Message	badger	Report	9 Sep 2004 08:49
	Sounds about right Mellisa i had a fried telly a few years ago when lightning hit the wire outside the window .When i go away now i unplug modem, telephone ,t/v just to be on the safe side.Fred.ptfg.
	Researching: Baird,Barnes,Sturgess,King,Bristow, Mead,Brooks,Lane,Bartlett, Tyneside Chesham, Bucks,London & home counties
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 150 Send Message	Melissa	Report	8 Sep 2004 22:14
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 150 Send Message	That would be it. That's why you shouldn't stay on the phone (unless a remote) during a lightening storm. Heaps of people have died that way. Lucky it was only the modem and not the whole thing. Mel:-) Okay Dad, we'll agree to differ. :-)
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Lynn	Report	8 Sep 2004 22:05
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Before I went on Holiday I unpluged my pc at the socket as I usually do and I my return plugged it back in, I tried to connect to the net...nothing and tonight I had to have another modem fitted. It was ok the night before my holiday and the only thing I can think of is that I didn't take out the phone socket so could I have had a shock come down the phone line? Lynn