Ugh, I'm following up myself since I think I got it wrong about
whose modem was closing the connection.
I wrote:
> Nathan O. Siemers wrote:
> > I've got a weird one, folks.
>
> Not really, it's just a feature in your modem :)
^^^^
What I should have said is "your ISP's modem" since you are
getting the page from your ISP and their modem probably thinks
the triple + is a special sequence.
> > Is there a ghost in the machine? How could that happen? Is this a
> > freak coincidence or the tickling/exploit of a pppd bug? It there an
> > escape sequence embedded in the transfer that could reset the modem?
>
> Escape sequence is probably the correct quess. I just
> downloaded the page and one of comments had this signature:
>
> -- + ++ATH0
> ^
> Space added by me to protect modem owners. My guess is your
> modem saw the three plus signs and hung up.
^^^^^
Again, "ISP's modem".
// Heikki
