> > I also changed the script to *not* look for CONNECT, but instead to > > just pause 10 seconds and succeed (letting pppd do its thing), but > > that didn't work either. > > > > Without the modem speaker I can't hear what's going on, either. > > > > I'm pretty stumped :-( > > There are AT commands to control the dialtone detection I think. > > You can also ignore dialtone with ATX1DT iirc atx3 does the same; I use it all the time. Michael