re: modem internal or external
Always external otherwise it's time to buy a new computer after the next
lightning hit. Internal modems allow lightning inside computers.
External modems have a little wire and that can get hit and taken out and
give you a chance that lightning stops with modem and doesn't go inside
computer. Internal modems give you no chance that will not happen. I've
been told putting a basic bite knot into wiring breaks the straight path
lightning will need and can act to disrupt lightning as well. I would
have this tested before betting my computer on it first though. I've
found both boca and U.S.R. both far superior to zoom and those are the
three external modem brands I've tried so that's the extent of my wisdom
on modem brands and models. So far as the internal modem versus external
modem is concerned I've been there; done that, and the T-shirt I got cost
me $1,000.00 a few years back.
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