Comment 2 for bug 414519

Using Karmic Kola Alpha 4 (fully updated as of 18 Aug 2009)

I am also experiencing this issue with a Vodafone (Huawei E172 & Huawei E220) contract.

No problems experienced in setting up the connection using the Mobile Broadband wizard.
Connection attempted and both green led's light up - Blue swoosh circles indefinitely and no signal steps appear.

I believe that the process is stuck trying to obtain an IP address.