--> Sending: ATD*99***1# --> Waiting for carrier. ATD*99***1# CONNECT ~[7f]}#@!}!},} }<}!}$}%\}"}&} } } } }#}$@#}%}&}!H}2}?}'}"}(}"&}<~ --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Thu Mar 13 16:42:21 2008 --> Pid of pppd: 3181 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> pppd: H8﷠[0f][06][08]( --> [06][08] --> Disconnecting at Thu Mar 13 16:42:26 2008 --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16) --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. --> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.