Telephone circuit surge protection module

A telephone circuit surge protection assembly of the type disposed at the entrance into a building having at least one telephone circuit inside said building, comprising:

• a housing;
• a first plurality of electrically-conductive pins adapted for electrical communication with power supplied by a remote utility company;
• a second plurality of pins adapted for electrical communication with said at least one telephone circuit;
• a plurality of bores formed in said housing for receiving said pins;
• a surge protection means in electrical communication with preselected pins of said first plurality of pins;
• said housing adapted to house a gas tube surge protection means and a solid state surge protection means so that a manufacturer may configure for a user said telephone circuit surge protection assembly to contain either said gas tube surge protection means or said solid state surge protection means;
• said housing adapted to receive a plurality of electrically conductive bridge shunt means for providing electrical communication between said first plurality of pins and said second plurality of pins;
• said housing adapted to receive at least one positive temperature coefficient resistor so that a manufacturer may configure for a user said telephone surge protection assembly to include either said plurality of electrically conductive bridge shunt means or said positive temperature coefficient resistor;
• a cover means that holds together said housing and said surge protection means;
• said assembly, including said housing, said pins, said surge protection means, said bridge shunt means and said cover being modular so that said assembly may be assembled to include differing configurations of surge protection means.