I had a similar problem, my dsl line would go on and off.  They finaly 
traced it to the underground cable that had been damaged.  The result was to 
replace the cable, now everytime I go on line it has been with out any 
problems so far.

BA Thomas


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>A friend of mine has been having Internet difficulties for some
>considerable time. It was not that important until he started to
>leave his computer running 24 hour a day. The reason for 24/7 is he
>now has video security cameras set up to monitor and record intrusions. The 
>problem was apparent before the cameras were fitted.
>What happens is after some hours of sitting idle his computer, for
>no apparent reason, is no longer able to contact the Internet
>(email or browse) and both his computer and modem/router have to be
>shut down and restarted to get it working again. Interestingly, sometimes 
>he is able to use PalTalk.
>He has changed his modem/router, Ethernet cable, ISP and Local
>Connection (from an Ethernet board to the MO connections) to no
>avail (his Internet connection is ADSL).
>I ran MS's Local Connection Repair option and also WinsockFix.
>Neither has fixed the problem. The only clue given was the Repair
>program said that it was unable to find the IP address, although at the 
>time he was connected to the Internet.
>Anyone any clues as to what could be causing this dropout?
>
>Orf Bartrop
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