Hi
Can you look at your router log . this will tell you if its trying to connect to your ISP.
it may look something like this
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:42:14 - LCP down.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:42:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:42:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:43:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:43:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:44:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:44:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:45:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:45:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:46:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:46:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:47:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:47:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:48:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:48:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:49:21 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:49:22 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:50:22 - Initialize LCP.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:50:22 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Sun, 2010-05-23 02:50:42 - CHAP authentication success
In your case the lst line won't be there
Regards Jeff