You never want to lose data when using your computer but if your data lines are not protected from surges you just might. While there might not be a lot of dialup modems left in the world, there are still plenty of people that have sophisticated phones connected to landlines and maybe the occasional answering [...]

Cat5 cable is basically a data line. Cat5 is industry slang for Category 5 which is cable commonly used for computer network wiring and telephony. It looks like phone line but has the larger Ethernet plug (RJ45) and connects computers to a network device such as a router or to other computers. There are three [...]