Sounds almost like "criminal neglect" might be a more apt description

Daze
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John Barnett MVP wrote:
> Yes i agree it is disappointing to hear but then a lot of problems that
> occurred in the Vista beta have been labelled 'will not fix'. One
> particular one, in my case, is re-connecting to the internet after sleep
> or hibernation. I use a speedtouch 330 DSL modem and no way will it
> connect to the internet after i sleep the computer or hibernate it.
> Instead i have to forget sleep and hibernation mode and simply close
> down and reboot. Once again, half a dozen bug reports through every
> later build of the beta version of Vista bought back the same reply
> 'won't fix' and true to their word, they haven't fixed it. On that
> basis, sleep and hibernation are an untter waste of time and effort on
> my pc. The only sane option is to close down completely!
>