[72661] in North American Network Operators' Group
Surge Protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fisher, Shawn)
Thu Jul 22 11:57:31 2004
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:56:41 -0400
From: "Fisher, Shawn" <SFisher@Bresnan.com>
To: "Nanog List (E-mail)" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Have anyone experienced hardware failure related to electrical spikes =
coming into your datacenters or equipment locations via the telco =
facilities? I am referring specifically to copper facilities for DS1's, =
etc. I know that the telco must maintain good grounding, but sometimes =
when you get hit with a few Gigavolts worth of electrical energy not =
much will help you. Whatever the case, has anyone had any experience =
good or otherwise with surge protection for their Telcom circuits? I am =
looking at this unit below as a possible solution.
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=3D19
TIA,
Shawn
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Shawn Fisher
Bresnan Communications
(v) 914.641.3367
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