After 6 months of flawless operation, a problem has developed connecting to my ISP with Gnome's Usernet and KDE's kppp. With Usernet the modem dials, I hear the handshake and bong tone, then, after 10-15 seconds it redials and the cycle starts all over. With kppp the error message says pppd died unexpectedly. It's not an ISP problem, as I connect every time using (spit) W95. The maddening thing is that once in every 10-20 tries the connection is established. To keep this short,I'm not posting the log but if anyone wants to tackle this I can email it. Thanks in advance Bob Holtzman "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer!"