how can I protect my DSL from storms

[#1]

if its true
that if I surge protect my dsl, Its a waste of my time and will just drop my  SNR and raise my attenuation slightly.
should   i switch  it off , wait and let the storm fade ?

[#2]

you can switch it off if you want, the odd 10 000 volt lightnig strike might with bad luck miss

[#3]

Telephones aren't surge protected, but they never explode.

[#4]

Bang!
Lightning Strike
[Moderator's note by Dick(Strat) PLEASE NOTE the link contains strong language which may offend.

[#5]

Quote from: A

Telephones aren't surge protected, but they never explode.

Oh yes they do!
Re OP:  I always power down if there's lightning about; the DSLAM won't mind one clean break, but could well throw a wobbly during a storm.

[#6]

just been looking through my Italian photo's, thought I had a daytime pic of a strike on a power cable outside our Garage, it hit the cable near a pole, travelled down the wire and blew up a transformers about 100 Metre from us

[#7]

some  fireworks
and i did earlier read on the  net
of a one wire internet with  a floating earth
that  still worked (not recommended)
creating a gap like a sparking plug

[#8]

thanks for the video  link
brill its something to show bored guests  

[#9]

used to use an adaptor on CB radio - a heavy adaptor with solid pins instead of wire, small gap and a side contact that you wired down to earth with a heavy cable.  never had a hit.
But no use at all for telephone.
Neighbour across the road had a hit on theirs, blew up a lot in the house, phones, router etc

[#10]

Quote from: giro

thanks for the video  link brill its something to show bored guests

a long as they are deaf

[#11]

thanks to all
the consensus is to switch the router off together with pc
and to remove their power plugs from the wall  sockets

[#12]

not the power plus, the phone cable that runs between the poles up the street

[#13]

pierre do you mean
I need to disconnect  the adsl cable from the bt telephone socket?

[#14]

if you are so clever, work it out

[#15]

understood and to make sure that my router is protected I will unplug both
both the power cable from the wall and the adsl cable form the bt phone socket
some video