--- /tmp/telnetlib.py	2013-02-13 15:54:55.176697662 +1100
+++ /usr/lib/python3.3/telnetlib.py	2013-02-13 15:41:10.292721663 +1100
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
             poller.register(self, poll_in_or_priority_flags)
             while i < 0 and not self.eof:
                 try:
-                    ready = poller.poll(call_timeout)
+                    ready = poller.poll(1000*call_timeout)
                 except select.error as e:
                     if e.errno == errno.EINTR:
                         if timeout is not None: