Huwaei mobile broadband USB modem

Hi,
I did a search but I couldn't really find a topic relating to this issue directly; I recently purchased a mobile broadband contract, and they supplied me with a Huwaei USB modem, and it has been near useless, disconnecting and slow, with all graphics compressed and low quality (I assume as a kind of speed optimiser).. and these are all the things I can live with really, to be expected of dial up PPP style connections unfortunately (brings back memories!) but it is some other issues that are bugging me:
When I disconnect and directly quit the Huwaei app, I get a kernel panic and an error log on rebooting relating to the mobile device, almost 100% repeatable. If I disconnect, then switch to another app, say even Finder, then back and quit, it is fine! Its a very consistent problem. It seems cause various strange kernel type problems and flakiness, which I've never experienced on this computer before.
It also does this strange thing when it will disconnect, and give me a waiting for PPP termination message, before powering down completely, despite having a full battery. I'm 80% sure my battery is fine, although I am looking into this one.
If any one else has had any probs with mobile broadband, it'd be good to hear what and if/how you found solutions!
cheerrs
Message was edited by: davo123

Hi. I never had a problem with errors and so forth (as of yet). My problem with the e160 Huwaei usb modem is that it comes and goes. Right now 'sweat as' but in an hour or so I bet its a different story. I usually get 60% good use out of it (functioning properly). I have an old HP laptop running XP(my parentsz) and it runs consistently good on that. Now that laptop is 5 years old. My imacs bearly 2 years. I have XP on parallel's on my imac so I can run both operating programs and still when its bad on leopard it still bad in XP on my imac. But I go to my parents laptop same time, same house and its all good on the HP XP laptop so its not the network. F@#kin weird as. Its just weird how its sweat now and later it will be **** house. Anyone with some answers out there or anyone with the same problem I am dying to find out.

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