AT&T U-verse → Re: Lightning Damage

Not necessarily, AT&T has been selling Equipment Protection plans that he could be covered by.

It only covers wiring inside the home, and their gear. It does not cover any electronics or telephones connected to their lines.

No, your thinking of Linebacker:

LineBacker

• Covers repairs to wires and phone outlets inside your home
• If you are renting or leasing, inside wire protection service may not be needed. Please check with your landlord to determine who is responsible for the inside wire; you or the landlord.

I'm referring to this:

Equipment Maintenance Plan

• Covers normal wear and tear and power surges to all eligible telephones and Caller ID equipment in your home

Still does not cover computer networking equipment, stereos, tv's that are connected to any equipment (ie UVerse RG & Set-top boxes), when a surge comes through. Onlyl covers telephone & caller ID equipment, which those in turn are becoming dinosaur's, or in most homes, are a base unit, with remote stations.

The Equipment Maint. Plan is a hard sell and always has been for Ma bell, so in turn, it is more of something that really does not get pushed, and look for it to go away here within the next couple of years, same as with linebacker, which is also a hard sell.

There is maybe 1 to 3 percent of consumers that opt for either one, and usually it is those that are seniors, because they grew up in the age of when you rented your phone from Ma Bell, and actually had real techs that knew what they were doing, when they came to the house, and would not need a whole shop showing up, to fix one little bad line pair at the house or pole.