How to use USB727 with Pendrive Linux

I was extremely surprised with how easy it was to configure my Verizon EVDO connection on the USB727 from Pendrive Linux. You will want to start with the USB727 unconnected to your PC.

I am not positive that you have to do this but with Ubuntu you have to use the sudo command when entering all of the following commands, so I went ahead and switched to root.
$ su
You should be prompted to enter the root password, which on the default install is root.

Unload the usbserial serial driver.
# modprobe -r usbserial

Insert your USB727 and load the driver for the device. I am using the USB727, therefore my command looked like below. If you are using a different device, see the Sprint Mobile Broadband document to find your vendor and product id. Simply select the Linux option from the dropdown box and you can then use the PDF.
# modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1410 product=0x4100

# dmesg|grep -i ttyUSB
Should give you something similar to below.
[ 1863.832000] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 1863.836000] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 1863.836000] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 1863.840000] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB3

Now you are ready to setup the dialup connection. Navigate to the `Configure Your Computer` menu option as seen in the screenshot below.

This will give you the Control Center panel. We want to setup a new network interface.

Select the Analog telephone modem (POTS) option.

For the modem configuration, I only had the option for Manual choice. If you get any additional options, select appropriately.

Select /dev/ttyUSB0

If you are using this, most likely you are in the United States. You will have to select the Unlisted option.

Configure the login information. I was not able to find any password details so I simply used vzw for the password and it seemed to work fine.

For the dialup IP parameters, you should select automatic.

DNS settings should be set to automatic unless you have DNS servers that you would prefer to use. I have a few friends who only ever use specific DNS servers.

The gateway should be set to automatic.

I like to allow users to manage the connection. The defaults are all unchecked.

Finally you can connect to the internet. It took some time to complete the connection, but ever since it has worked seemlessly.

I used SpeedTest.net to test my speed and was getting 490kbps dowload and 209kbp upload. This is a vast improvement from using the wireless connection at the hotel I am at. There most of the time the connection would drop about every 15 minutes depending on the time of day.

If anyone knows of an app that will show the connection speeds, please comment below.