[plug] telstra and ubuntu 9.10

[orm]

my name is orm girvan, marine engineer, 67 (bit long in tooth for 
learning new tricks but, trying). Complete novice on Linux. Watching the 
list (plug, that is) for some time, convinced me to try ubuntu.

Very impressed with ubuntu but, not with Telstra! I have a Globe Trotter 
HSDPA modem interface and, am on the Telstra NextG broadband plan.

Telstra has no interest in Linux users I find, hence my appeal for help 
from plug.

There is no problem with transmit / receive when connecting here in 
Esperance, using Windows XP so, why not same with ubuntu?