$75 · Cutler-Hammer 3-Way Whole Home Surge Protector

$183 at Lowes This will hook up to any mains panel, and protect everything downstream from there. It will also protect telephone lines, and coax lines from Shaw. You'd be amazed house many surges the average house sees, and how hard, if not catastrophic, that can be to electronics, and computer equipment. Power bars are an okay-enough solution in some areas, but many brands outright lie about the capability of the protection. This is the real deal, install it at your electrical panel, and a serious protection or two will easily pay for itself. Electrical surges often damage, or kill, things that you'd never think to protect, like counter appliances, and the like. Delivery could be possible.