I'm guessing the university phone lines required a '1' or a '9' for an outside line before the ISP access number.
If you're using kde I recommend using a program called "kinternet" to establish your connection. Press [Alt] + [F2] and type "kinternet" in the box. Have a play around with the kinternet settings - there should be a tab where you can enter your ISP access number, username and password. >The installer was not too happy with how the connection was made, after >removing the prefix from the number to be called, told me what to do when I >got set up at home. which is go to System Settings / Network / >Activate, when I do this a message comes up - activating network device >ppp1, please wait - then nothing happens and I can only exit by rebooting ?
