Sharing Vodafone 3G USB Modem connection from XP Pro

Hi,
I'm a newbie with Mac and am trying to share the connection my XP Pro SP3 laptop has with the Vodafone 3G USB Modem. I've tried ICS on the XP Laptop and no good, I've tried connecting the modem to the Mac and sharing the connection via System Prefs / Network & Sharing but still no good. Any help appreciated.
I also have a Vonage device (IP Phone) which is currently connected to the XP Laptop ethernet (Connection is shared from the dial up).
I need to be able to share the single connection with the Mac, Laptop and Vonage.

USB 3G modems are not designed to be shared they are designed to be used by 1 computer at a time.
Some people have used software sharing on the mac to share a usb 3g modem connection but had unexpected results.
You can however get routers that can share 3g modems something like this

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