Thx guys, I was suspecting that i was getting corrupted data due to the line being spliced n' all, and it was giving me a lil' static on the line, but what you guys told me about the power drawing from the router, that really explains it a lil' better 4 me. But, one thing that I don't fully understand is that it never did this until the line had been repaired, and that I had rebooted four or five times. AFTER i had used a crummy cat3 line that i have as kind of like an emergency back up. Thx again.