I was downloading stuff via bittorrent/usenet overnight. It didn't break overnight, so we can probably assume that it's not that. Or can we?
Surely idling in an irc chan plus using msn messenger isn't enough to make the modem fall over?
Either way, the connection breaks whether idle or taking a spanking, so it almost definitely isn't a throughput issue.
afaik (but i AM a heavy sleeper) they haven't tried to phone me back today.
Next time it breaks, i'll be back on the phone, but this is getting silly now...