Comment 10 for bug 310331

The only free driver I have been able to find for a Conextant (HP, Compaq, etc.) modem is only capable of 14.4 Kbps. The 56K version is $19.95 "due to proprietary information." Even with the appropriate driver installed the unfortunate result is that I have been unable to get wvdial to accept any changes when I try to manually write a configuration file. Every time I try to save the configuration, the system tells me I don't have authorization to do so.
As a result, I recently transported my 45# tower 35 miles to the city in order to gain access to a DSL connection. I and tried to use the sudo apt-get Gnome-ppp command in terminal mode but received the "unable to locate" error. Other than being able to get updates for the installed programs I was still unable to get my modem working so it was pretty much a wasted trip.
The software side of the house states that they gave up modem support (limited as it already was) in favor of wireless G3 support. Heck, if I turn my head while talking on my cell phone I get a dropped connection on the second floor of my house. On the bottom floor I have to go outside so G3 will be of no use to me either.
I will keep you all informed what I find out from the software people so that we might be able to get our Ubuntu systems accessing the internet.