From: "Geo." 

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:40c09213{at}w3.nls.net...

> You're a national treasure, then.  Most ISPs won't even talk to you unless
> your packet loss exceeds 2% for a significant number of minutes.  During DOS
> attacks doesn't count.  Throughput is certified as better than 80% of rated
> for 80% of the time.

I think that depends on the ISP, small ISP's who aren't overloading their
network would see a log of timeouts and realize it represents a problem
with their network and we all know what happens if you ignore the warning
signs, and usually it happens at 3am or 6pm...

Geo.

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