-> WC>I don't understand this either unless he lacks a hardware modem.
-> WC>Just setting up the dialer takes 2 minutes.
-> WC>As I've the modem on COM 1 on my RS-232 serial port  I select ttyS0,
-> WC>name a user account ( Verizon), provide the number for the ISP,
-> WC>plug in user name and password and I'm surfing.

-> Wel in my case it Detected the model on setup just fine and correctly
-> as far as model etc. But when I tried to use it is said NO modem
-> connected.

Mine is detected just fine as well but nothing at all happens
unless I specify the COM port it resides on.
 
Actually I don't even bother with the modem test at all, just set it to
ttyS0.
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