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I just had cable and telephone upgrades at our house and both installers told me I was not grounded from the main feed line to my plastic box that connected all the lead wires into my house. They had to both add and grounding wire ......... As one one earlier said a direct hit will not stop anything but a ground wire at the feed wire into your house certainly is a first line of defense. Just pop the box cover off and see if you can see a ground wire (normally a clamp with a copper wire exposed)) leading to the ground AND connected to a metal pipe of some type. The telephone guy told me he has worked alot of overtime lately for lightning just blew the telehone box off the side of the house ..scary stuff and he reminded me to stay of the telephone when it is lightning outside.
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I checked the cable inlet box on our new Ranch and the cable inlet wasn't grounded. A1 House inspector didn't find the problem BTW either. I called Comcast they they came our in a few days and grounded it.