Thomson Speedtouch USB modem installation

Hi All,
I gave my Mac Mini to my parents and they have an ADSL connection at home. Unfortunately, it's a USB modem, which meant that I had to download drivers for it and try to get it configured.
Here's what I did so far:
1. Downloaded and installed drivers. Link: http://www.speedtouch.co.uk/downloads/330/302/st330OSX_10_4full.zip
2. Connected the modem
OS X 10.4.8 sees the modem and I tried various different types of configurations, but no matter what I do, I get a
Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again. error.
Modem lights are green, and it works under Windows 2000 on the laptop I'm using. Any ideas on what the problem may be?
Frankly, I'm a bit surprised. I bought a Mac in order to stop worrying about problems like these and for the past year it's been a really great experience, but now this
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Macs don't work well with usb modems. Get a modem with ethernet. No drivers, nothing to configure, no problems.

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