>I'm running WinXP Home Edition. I have DSL through Verizon.
>
>At various times, I lose my connection to the internet. I've
>called Verizon twice, and both times they say they've checked
>and all is fine from their perspective.
>
>I'll be on the PC on the internet, and suddenly I just lose
>my connection. I don't even have to do anything. Sometime
>I'll just sir down & try to access the internet or email, and
>my connection is gone.
>
>If I reboot, it's back.
>
>I have no idea what to look for here.

I once had a simular problem. The problem end up being in the phone line at the box at my home. The phone company can only varify the line as far as the box at the home. From there on (at is to the phone jack on the wall) they need to send out a tech person at your expense. I my case, there was a plug in filter (or something) at the box that was going bad. Once it was replace, the problem never returned.