Bit hi tech for me? My internet works on my telephone line, also provided by my ISP. If that's down (as it was), I have no access anywhere.
After the event, I feel like complimenting my telephone company, though. They were up at the house, checked all my extensions and pronounced everything in order. They came back with a signal detector and started working from the closest junction, about 400mtrs down the road. Eventually they discovered the break was in my yard, about 10 mtrs from where it entered the house. Quick dig and it was rejoined in 10 minutes flat. How the H*** a lightening strike could do that to the underground wire, in that particular place, is a mystery to me!