question on DSL signal

[David Banning]

Thanks Wojciech, for your thoughts.
> make sure you don't get a timeout because of high load or simply - the 
> server you ping doesn't respond.
>
Check that -
> it's not line problem but modem hardware problem or their routing 
> problem.
But isn't the sync going down a sign of a bad line connection?
The ISP I used leases the lines from the telephone company, and when 
they hear "sync is down"
they just call the phone company and tell them to solve it.