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Thursday, July 30th, 2026 4:43 PM

Ungrounded coax drop caused lightning surge damage to personal property.

A thunderstorm this morning appears to have caused a surge in the coax drop from Xfinity to my house (photos below).

This surge damaged my modem and, through it's Ethernet connection to the router damaged the router and also a printer that was connected via Ethernet to the damaged router.

Since Xfinity failed to ground the drop line which is required by electrical codes, I believe it is their responsibility to reimburse me for replacing this equipment. 

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Thank you for your post. I hope that everyone is safe after the storm. @sarasota-customer

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