Troubleshooting
I set up my automatic dialing just like the example in the book, but I can't seem to get connected. I can hear it talking to another modem, but then nothing happens.
Your ISP is probably looking for something other than what you're sending or is sending something you're not looking for. Use a program like cu or another program where you can watch what the ISP is sending (you should also see this in /var/log/messages with debug). Remember that the expect/send sequence is case sensitive. Add any required sequences. At least one ISP uses username instead of login.
I did the previous step, and I'm sure the expect/send sequence is correct and in the correct case, but then suddenly the PPP daemon dies.
The expect chat sequence might ...
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