Bill is right. In the end the only "for sure" way to correct your problems with this troublesome modem may very well be a replacement. If you would still like to try and sort this out, start by searching this forum and reading throught the 187 messages that have already been answered.

Jeff Roberts
USBMan

: the via chipset which controlls my usb ports has some kind of power managment that stops power going to my usb modem [alcatel speed touch] whenever it senses a stop in traffic down the line, this then dissconnects me from my adsl service.anyone know how to stop it.