Patent ID: 7525976

Claim:
A method for connecting a remote dial-up device to a host-accessible broadband facility by way of a gateway device, said method comprising the steps of: providing a gateway device that includes a microcomputer, a digital subscriber line modem, and a dial-up device which are all operable for electrical communication with each other; electrically connecting a remote dial-up device to said dial-up device in said gateway device; establishing a communications path between said remote dial-up device and said digital subscriber line modem in said gateway device that is in continuous communication with a digital subscriber line network, thereby providing a communications connection between said remote dial-up device and said broadband facility; adaptively connecting said remote dial-up device to said gateway device such that an off-hook signal from said remote dial-up device is ignored by a local telephone office; and operating said microcomputer so as to cause said dial-up device in said gateway device to implement a log-in protocol for a remote host that is in electrical communication with said broadband facility; whereby said remote host initiates a callback procedure so as to gain access to said remote dial-up device via said gateway device, and said local telephone office will not initiate a dial tone as said remote dial-up device calls back said remote host during said callback procedure.