Hi, Orbistat, Shane, I have disconnected the phone from port 2 of the Huawei, but still have a phone + answermachine piggy backed on the first. I have not noticed a drop out since, but then I don't get so many phone calls, so this may take a while to accrue statistics... Certainly phone calls have come through and the answer machine has picked them up, so it does work, but I am just not sure if these phone induced internet drop outs are cured or just remain intermittent. Thanks for your interest and replies! If it happens again I'll remove one of the piggy backed devices and see what happens then. Thanks again   ... View more