[plug] failing adsl connection

[Craig Ringer]

> ....or if there is already an idle option there, remove it. If that 
> doesn't work, try idle 9999999 (a bit over 100 days) instead. If you 
> want to stay up full-time even it Telstra chucks a brief sad, try 
> adding:
> 
>     persist

/brief/ sad? Telstra?!? *lol*

If you're going to use 'persist', I suggest that you also set a retry 
delay (keyword: 'holdoff' ) so it doesn't hammer those poor, fragile 
authentication servers too much. *sigh*.

Craig Ringer