[Bozos of Bones]

Every time I connect to the net with a 56k modem it works fine for 4-5 minutes and then pauses for about a minute or two. I am still connected and this counts on my net time when I get the phone bill, but there is no data traffic. Everything is paused. When I try to ping myself or the provider the order just waits for the connection to be reestablished, no timeouts or anyhing. This prevents me from playing any games on the net, and I'm quite eager to challenge Thalali on a bout in StarCraft. Please help..