Internet Connect Keeps Bugging Me

Every 15 minutes or so while I'm online, Internet Connect keeps asking me whether or not I want to stay connected. Is there any way I can stop it from doing that? It's annoying.

Hi,
System Preferences -> Network -> (Your connection type) -> PPP -> (PPP Options...) -> Prompt every XX minutes to maintain connection

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