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Old 11-03-2010, 17:16   #18
BenMcr
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Re: Virgin Media to Trial Ultrafast Broadband over Telegraph Poles

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Originally Posted by telfordcable View Post
wait until a voilent thunderstorms come along in summer and one lightning bolt could damaging the telegraph poles and possible blew up the TV set at home!
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I had a router and an ethernet controller fried that way, with them being connected to a BT socket, which in turn is connected to about 4 miles of aerial cable back to the exchange.
I suppose it depends how far the fiber goes? Would anything happen if lightening struck fiber?
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