Method and system for automatic link hang up

A system for automatically terminating a telephone dial-up connection to a data network, comprising:

• a network device, wherein the network device utilizes the telephone dial-up connection to transmit data to the data network;
• a network interface;
• one or more consumer premise equipment utilizing the network device via the network interface to transmit data over the telephone dial-up connection;
• and
• a querying process wherein the querying process queries the status of the one or more consumer premise equipment and determines whether the network device is no longer being utilized by the one or more consumer premise equipment to transmit data over the telephone dial-up connection.

In a network device, a method of automatically terminating an upstream connection to a data network, from the network device having a network interface to one or more consumer premise equipment, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring the network interface for incoming data transmission activity from the one or more consumer premise equipment;
• querying, from the network device, the status of the one or more consumer premise equipment;
• and
• terminating the upstream connection to the data network if no response is received from the one or more consumer premise equipment.

A system for automatically terminating a telephone dial-up connection to a data network, comprising:

• a network device, wherein the network device utilizes the telephone dial-up connection to transmit data to the data network;
• a network interface;
• one or more consumer premise equipment utilizing the network device via the network interface to transmit data over the telephone dial-up connection;
• a monitoring process wherein the monitoring process monitors the network interface for incoming data transmission activity from the one or more consumer premise equipment and determines an absence of incoming data transmission activity;
• an activation process wherein the activation process activates the querying process if the monitoring process determines an absence of incoming data transmission activity;
• a querying process wherein the querying process queries the status of the one or more consumer premise equipment and determines whether the network device is no longer being utilized by the one or more consumer premise equipment to transmit data over the telephone dial-up connection;
• and
• a termination process wherein the termination process terminates the telephone dial-up connection if the querying process determines that the network device is no longer being utilized by the one or more consumer premise equipment.