I hope this becomes a sticky as soon as possible.
I've been looking for MONTHS now for PCTel linmodem drivers for my modem, and finally there here! I'm actually posting this from my SUSE OS!
If you have a PCTel type modem goto
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ and download your drivers!
I hope this works for everyone who has had as big of a headache as I've had.