diff --git a/src/components/NetworkStatus/NetworkStatus.tsx b/src/components/NetworkStatus/NetworkStatus.tsx
index 17068547e4..1c31c6fdcb 100644
--- a/src/components/NetworkStatus/NetworkStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NetworkStatus/NetworkStatus.tsx
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ export function NetworkStatus(): JSX.Element {
         };
         const timeout = () => {
             setState("timeout");
+            console.log("Network status timeout: ", socket.options.timeout_delay);
         };
         const disconnected = (code: number) => {
-            // Note that when the socket comes up again, a fresh `latency` will clear this
+            // When the socket comes up again, a fresh `latency` will clear this
             setState(code === 1001 ? "went-away" : "disconnected");
         };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/sockets.ts b/src/lib/sockets.ts
index 0c4a8d62a3..825c367d7d 100644
--- a/src/lib/sockets.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sockets.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ socket.options.timeout_delay = 8000;
 const MIN_PING_INTERVAL = 3000; // blitz players would really like to know ASAP...
 const MIN_TIMEOUT_DELAY = 1000;
 
+const MAX_PING_INTERVAL = 15000;
+const MAX_TIMEOUT_DELAY = 14000;
+
 export let ai_host;
 if (
     window.location.hostname.indexOf("dev.beta") >= 0 &&
@@ -109,6 +112,12 @@ socket.on("latency", (latency, drift) => {
     */
 });
 
+// If we timed out, maybe their internet just went slow...
+socket.on("timeout", () => {
+    socket.options.ping_interval = Math.min(socket.options.ping_interval * 2, MAX_PING_INTERVAL);
+    socket.options.timeout_delay = Math.min(socket.options.timeout_delay * 2, MAX_TIMEOUT_DELAY);
+});
+
 /* Returns the time in ms since the last time a connection was established to
  * the server.
  * (Zero if we've never connected)