Is there some other way to find out what version of ubuntu I'm running? I just confirmed that the 'about ubuntu' shows 10.04 LTS. If I select 'normal released' instead of just 'LTS' in 'Update Manager', it tells me that 'New Ubuntu release '10.10' is available'.
It sure seems like I'm running 10.04 LTS...

My guess is that something from 10.10 has been back ported to 10.04LTS, so both have been broken. I was hoping to avoid just this sort of thing by staying with LTS :/

The :

sudo rmmod cdc_acm
sudo modprobe cdc_acm

help it connect successfully, but it still doesn't actually work.

After the above I get the 'Mobile Broadband' in the NetworkManager Applet work as I remember[1], but it seems like there is some kind of routing problem.

I'll keep trying different things.

[edit] I should also note that I have been having trouble with Joikuspot, and the problem there seemed related to the kernel I have installed in order to overclock it ('modprobe JoikuSpot_Bouncer' works around that). I wonder if there is a similar issue. I should try it on MS Windows to see if that works and get a known working point (don't have a MS system atm :/).

Max.

[1] Though now I'm using 'Suanalahti Postpaid' instead of 'Elisa' - though both don't work.