cbelt3's Journal: Cat 5 and Lightning- Where the hell is the ground/shield ?

So last week we had an enormouse lightning storm here in Northeast Ohio. And I was in the "Homeland NOC" (my closet) checking the broadband-piped in radar when Zappo ! I saw the lightning flash through the drywalled wall. And I new I was in BIIG trouble. But the PC's and Mac's stayed alive. It was the network that got fried ! that's right- the network. And not through the power. As near as I can tell the dual loop of Cat5 that I have in the attic sucked in enough EMP from the strike to: 1- Fry a telephone attached to one loop. 2- Burn into a little cheapo switch 3- Burn through there into a Cable Modem - and - (sigh) burn up my nice shiny Apple Airport router / base station. So I'm rebuilding the network, and I want to know- why doesn't anyone make a surge supressor for Cat 5e / 100 Base T capable signal lines ? Or Shielded Cat 5 ? Huh ?