Once in a while 'pon' just hangs without connecting

[Andrew Hurt <ahurt@erols.com>]

Greetings.

Once in a while (3-5 times a month, at most), doing a 'pon' will just hang--the 
modem shows 'CS' then 'TD', but that's it.

Running pppconfig, and creating a new 'provider' (or just deleting an old one, 
and re-creating it) rectifies the situation--as does rebooting.

Any thoughts on the matter are appreciated--I'm going DSL, so Mr. Modem is going 
to be taking a lot of vacation time, but I really would like to resolve this matter.

g'day!
--
andrew