We Aussies seem to be suffering this sudden disconnection quite a bit lately.

The only benefits out of that is I think we have all become faster typists.
We have to message each other quickly to find out what happened.

The BLING GG did work well in the end [after a little prodding to some to stop playing BIO Shock and join in ] and we really must get a kelpie to round up those recalcitrant NZ's who choose to ignore messages.