> We originally created wvdial back in the late 1990's because setting up pppd 'chat' scripts was too annoying.

Yes, wvdial saved my ass back then. I remember pppd being incredibly confusing (not sure if it was, but I was only a teenager at the time.) Weird flashback to hear about this; I would have forgotten about it completely otherwise and yes, that is a sad state of things...