Why does my DSL drop after a few hours?

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Problem could also be caused by a "back to base" monitoring alarm system. You might need a filter on the line that goes to the alarm system.
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well i have the same problem but my only stays up for 2 hours at min, i reset my router then it starts working fine again. do you think it could be the router or the dsl box? but it cant be the router becuase i just bought a new one a week ago.

if you have a suggestion of what might be happening please email me at [Email Address Removed]

thanks!

I've noticed that in times of high bandwidth the connection may drop. It usually drops for me when I'm on the Kad network in emule.

Guess what...I got the same problem...perhaps we should form a "drop out club". Anyway, I tried using the command prompt ping www.verizon.net and I get the time out response. When I reboot, everything works OK. Next time I lose the connection I am going to try the ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew to see if that works. I will keep you posted.

Found my answer...it was not anything wrong with DSL, but with my firewall software...zonealarm...seems that you have to put your DSN IP address into a trusted zone. When I did this...I have not had a problem since. Actually, it alwo worked when I turned off zonealarm and used Microsoft's firewall. Check yours...you might be surprised.

my verizon dsl last only one hour or less and drops. I call verizon tech support and after dealing with recordings and then there support person who could not speak english she said the problem was with my computer. but i have two computers and dsl drops from both. how can there be problems with both computers?

If i'm inactive for 5 to 10 minutes i have to reboot the modum. i've had two go-arounds with verizon tech support in some third-world country who, I agree, cannot only not speak english, but I don't think they understand english. i was told to put a new wall socket in, take my computer to a computer shop, etc. etc. i can't stand it. any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. send to my email address. thanks.

I just posted this question to Leo after using another search term that didn't bring anything up, sorry! Finally found it here. I, too, have the same problem with Verizon DSL. I talked with (probably) the same dude from India. I got the same result. It is frustrating, and if it weren't for the $180 to switch to cable, I would have already switched. I will soon, though. I will keep checking to see if anything other answers come up. Thanks

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My DSL drops intermitantly from every few minutes to hours and no amount of restars or diagnostics seem to help. I havew disabled norton and other related programs and ran 3 different spyware removers. E Link tech support is baffled and my wife wants to kill me and or the computer.

My next stop is to replace all the DSL filters and sockets, then trim the phone lines at the ends ? Any other suggestions?
Could Direct TV be causing the problem?

I quit trying to track the cause. I just put a "Band-aid" on it. The company that I work for uses them on their DSL installations.

It is an AC power strip that pings the outside world and when it fails to get a return ping it resets the power strip (where the modem and router are connected). They speak English too. http://www.cpscom.com/gprod/bandaid.htm

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