Found a way to sppeed up the connexion time...

Not exactly the connexion speed, but the time until I can start doing
stuff.

1) Open Dial-Up Networking
2) Click Connections
3) Click Settings
4) Uncheck "Prompt for information before dialing" (That may or may not
have anything to do with the speeding things up)
5) Uncheck "Show a confirmation dialog after connected" (I have a feeling
that's the real thing which speeds things up).

Before I had both checked and it would probably be a 15 seconds or more
until I had the tray icon flashing it's lights. Now it's maybe two seconds.

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Sincerely,

Andrew H. Carter