When I first started working first Northeastern State University we had very little surge protection on our equipment. The soil content here is very rocky and every time there was any lightening we could count on having equipment failure in certain areas. We knew that if it was time to clock out and a storm was on its way there was no point in going home because we would be right back at work as soon as it hit. At that time we were using equipment on our outlying buildings that was very sensitive to AC irregularities. We began to install another company’s surge protection product across campus but soon found it to be completely inadequate. In fact we saw little difference at all after installation. Shortly after this an old employee who had moved on to a larger company called to tell us that his new company was using ITW Linx surge arrestors and that they were having great success with them. After ordering a few pieces to test we were sold. We had placed them in our biggest trouble areas and encountered no AC related problems after that. Before this installation we could expect to spend hours of labor using in-house technicians to fix blown circuit boards, and replacing failed network equipment. Network down time has also been dramatically reduced especially during the during the spring storm season. We now have the MAX 8 Surge Protectors installed all over campus and have saved countless man hours and dollars as a result.