[Asterisk-Users] Surge Protector for T1/PRI ?

[Dustin Wildes]

Just recently a client of mine took a lightning hit, which in turn blew 
out their Digium TE411P board.  This just so happened to be their main 
office where their call center was located.  We had a backup card on 
hand, but this still meant downtime for the client until we got out 
there to replace the card.

I was thinking - what if we put a surge protector device between the PRI 
card and the circuit itself?  That way, the client themselves could 
replace surge protector units (if it got hit again) and protect our 
expensive telco equipment from getting damaged.

Has anyone else experience surges on a T1/PRI circuit?  What did you do 
to prevent further issues?
Anyone from Digium - do you see a surge protector device causing 
interferrence or a problem with the equipment?

Example device I'm looking at:
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PDIGITEL

Thanks!!