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Originally Posted by telfordcable
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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No different really, then, from when we used aerials on top of our homes to receive OTA broadcasts.
Hardly a major concern.
How's the 50Mbit fantasyband running now?
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Originally Posted by Chris
I don't imagine it's as conductive as copper, but once you get to a certain voltage, just about anything is conductive to some degree or other.
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The fibre, being glass, will melt due to conversion of the electricity to thermal energy being so resistive surely?
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I suppose it depends how far the fiber goes? Would anything happen if lightening struck fiber?
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The fibre and its' plastic coating turn into melted gloop
