I believe I am also encountering the same thing. Only difference is that I can usually stay connected for 1-2 minutes before being dropped.

When I am dropped, the counter goes back to 0:00 and the play/pause button displays the Pause icon, as if it thinks it is still playing.. After being dropped, if I change songs, nothing will play and the counter stays at 0:00. If I keep clicking the play/pause, I will eventually be told "Failure stream dropped". It then reconnects and will play for 1-2 minutes until it just stops again

Nothing else of significance is running on the PC.

Dell laptop running XP