that problem seems to be similar to the bug described in #279197.
bug also still persists with latest NM version:
apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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NM 0.7 does not set APN for AT&T 3G connection
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282207
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