I have installed it on HD, I will pppconfig a try, is it like wvdial? Let you know soon. The modem chip is some ACF chip from Conextant. I tried many AT commands that have not been useful as such.

Commands like
AT&F2 gives me error

AT&F&C1&D2+MS=v34
AT&F&C1&D2+K3+MS=v34

AT&F&C1&D2s10=200+MS=v90,1
AT&F&C1&D2&K3+MS=v90,0

AAT&F&C1&D2
AT&F&C1&D2s95=3
AT&F&C1&D2W2

Lets the original problem exist with LOGGING ONTO NETWORK and then timing out.

Lets see what pppconfig does

Alan