Verizon Bluetooth EVDO on Ubuntu

I managed to get my Verizon KRZR k1m connected to my ubuntu laptop via bluetooth for dialup EVDO access. The BluetoothDialup help page on help.ubuntu.com was essential to figuring it out, along with the carrier specific information for Verizon

I did not have any luck getting EVDO dialup to work with the k1m connected to the laptop via USB. Apparently the usb configuration on Verizon's k1m doesn't cause the cdc-acm usb driver to load for the device and I ended up getting stuck with uhci instead. So, it appears that I'm out of luck as far as using it over a usb connection is concerned.

The interesting thing is that the speeds I got via Bluetooth in linux vs. USB using Verizon's access manager software in windows were quite similar. At my location, in the suburbs of the Washington DC area, I managed to get ~480k down and ~128k up. I wonder how that compares to the speeds that others have received elsewhere.

Now the only minor annoyance is that this doesn't work via NetworkManager at all, and I'm stuck with using pon and poff from the command line. I can set up the call via NetworkManager 's ppp control, but nothing is notified that the ppp connection has succeeded, so I can't for instance use the NetworkManager applet to start my vpn connection once the connection is set up.