[makkonen]

Trust me on the fact that the MCC/MNC of 310/016 is not the culprit. 310/995 doesn't even exist -- it's just a placeholder, and we happen to be making use of it.

Saving/confirming APN settings can cause a reboot (I'm not sure it's a kernel panic). When you change the MNC and it moves that APN out of your choices, that probably triggers the same thing.

Those instructions sound good. Of course, you'll have to find your own username/password.

And I believe the 3G icon will come up, and you'll see upstream data, but not downstream, in the case of a PPP authentication failure.

Good luck. I wish we had the whole ppp thing more sorted out.