Check with ifconfig: is there a ppp0 interface? It should have the IP assigned by the operator like this:
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:4B:08:05:03:A4
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1010 errors:22 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:22
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:118907 (116.1 KiB) TX bytes:1527 (1.4 KiB)
Interrupt:29lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:314 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:314 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:20278 (19.8 KiB) TX bytes:20278 (19.8 KiB)ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.98.255.113 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:208 (208.0 B) TX bytes:265 (265.0 B)sl0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:172.16.0.1 P-t-P:172.16.0.2 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:296 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)