Wretched speed eh. You bet. Well it does reconnect but the problem is maxis requires you to open up your web browser before they activate your connection. every time you connect to maxis broadband , you'll have to fire up your browser whereby it redirects you to their home page (which is annoying). This defeats the purpose for leaving it downloading over night. In order to overcome this , you must regularly run a script whereby setting to launch Internet explorer every now and then to stimulate some web activity !