>    ..., but
>    under NetBSD and Linux (which now are able to recognize it) it reports a
>    connection at 115k but when I have it report the line statistics it is
>    communicating to the remote modem at 300bps!!!  What is the deal?

By default, the CONNECT message displays the speed at which the modem
is talking to the computer, so it's not surprising that they're
different.

I don't know why it would be connecting at 300 bps, though.  Are you
sure it's not a WinModem?