COX keeps frying my modem.
In the last 4 years I have replaced 3 Modem/Routher combined, and Just replaced a modem only because they keep getting fried, all have gone bad during a service outage, all have been connected to a ...
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Cox cannot own up to it, because the Coax doesn't conduct electricity, it's is an RF signal, and basically an antenna wire. Electricity requires 2 wires, positive, and negative, the Coax only has a single wire, the second layer is only a shield, not conductive wire. The ONLY time electrical current comes over the coax, is when there is an electric/lightning strike, and you SHOULD have a ground tap outside to prevent that.
Next, does your surge protector have a ground detector, to ensure that neutral and ground aren't reversed on that outlet. If it is, that could cause your issues.
