How to keep a ppp link alive?

Extracted from debian-user
Tip provided by Damon Buckwalter
> Anyway care to help me write a script to keep my ppp0 device alive.. I have
> a permanent dialup modem.. and currently it stays connected for about 2
> weeks straight at a time.. But dies on the odd ocassion. So anyway care to
> help me write a keep alive script that will check for ppp0 being up every
> 10mins.. and if it is down.. then restart the ppp0 via ppp-on script.
 
 Read 'man pppd'  and add the 'persist' option to your config files.  It
 will auto-redial when disconnected.

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