WHY DOESNT C-KERMIT USE TONE DIALING AUTOMATICALLY?
Tone dialing is not available everywhere, so C-Kermit does not do it by default. If you want Kermit to use tone dialing, you must tell it to SET DIAL METHOD TONE. Kermit also automatically uses Tone dialing if it knows your country code (SET DIAL COUNTRY-CODE or the K_COUNTRYCODE environment variable) and if corresponds to a country where Kermit knows Tone dialing is universally accepted (e.g. country code 1 for the North American Numbering Plan).