diff --git a/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/ticket/Ticket703Spec.scala b/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/ticket/Ticket703Spec.scala
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+package akka.ticket
+
+import akka.actor.Actor._
+import akka.actor._
+import akka.routing._
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
+
+class Ticket703Spec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers {
+
+  "A !!! call to an actor pool" should {
+    "reuse the proper timeout" in {
+       val actorPool = actorOf(
+         new Actor with DefaultActorPool with BoundedCapacityStrategy with MailboxPressureCapacitor with SmallestMailboxSelector with BasicNoBackoffFilter {
+           def lowerBound = 2
+           def upperBound = 20
+           def rampupRate = 0.1
+           def partialFill = true
+           def selectionCount = 1
+           def instance = factory
+           def receive = _route
+           def pressureThreshold = 1
+           def factory = actorOf(new Actor {
+                 def receive = {
+                   case req: String =>
+                     Thread.sleep(6000L)
+                     self.reply_?("Response")
+                 }
+               })
+        }).start
+        (actorPool.!!![String]("Ping", 7000)).await.result must be === Some("Response")
+    }
+  }
+}
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