7.1 and pppd

Hi all Is there an update to the version of pppd supplied with 7.1 ? I am battling to get a lucent winmodem set up. I can insmod the module, the modem is detected and using wvdial, minicom or Kinternet I get to dial up my ISP and get a 'No Carrier' error message. I have searched through all the archives I can find without a solution to this problem. All I found was a reference to the version of pppd I may be using. Sorry if this sounds confusing but I'm as confused as I could be. Please let me know what I may be missing. Regards Mark Annandale