On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:38:17 -0800 (PST), w_tom wrote:

On Mar 6, 3:53 pm, Char Jackson wrote:
Seems like you're jumping back and forth between telco and power.

The OP's modem (and most everything else in the house) is connected
to one or both. If either is a reason for modem damage, then all
require a well proven solution. ... Some of the well
proven solutions are already installed, for free, at every home.

What are some examples of well proven solutions that are already
installed at every house, are free, and cover both electrical and
telco lines? You've mentioned them several times, so I think it's time
to let us (me, anyway) know what they are so I can take advantage.

Well proven solution costs less than
what was paid for a typical power strip protector.

You say some of the well proven solutions are free, so yeah, free is
less than not free.

Nobody said a consumer need build a protector. A best solution may
even be installed by the girl who reads electric meter. One of many
well proven options.

That's not free where I live now, nor where I've lived in the past,
assuming you're referring to 'whole house protection' from the power
company and installed at the electrical demarc. Do you mean something
else?

The OP has numerous solutions. One fact we do know. A protector
does nothing for power outages.

I think that's obvious with respect to outages, but it's commonly
thought that other types of power problems frequently accompany
outages. Don't get stuck on the outage aspect. That's clearly not what
"surge protectors" are marketed for.