In my Pupeee Linux it had the symbol of a CD drive ... (but there I do not have lsusb).

Ubuntu: 9-04, Kernel 2.6.28-15, (WICD, usb_modeswitch installed)
When I insert it before booting then the system hangs somewhere during the boot (early). (Same in Windows XP, but this hangs at the very end of ...

I have a ZTE MF 628 with a "Hi Vandaag Online" abonnement in the Netherlands.
When trying to get the response of usb_modeswitch that the others could supply the processing stops after
"OK, driver "usbfs" detached" (see below).
The program does not return (CTRL-C stops it) and nothing else happens ...