The rationale for removing wvdial from the LiveCD is given in the logs
for the seeds at lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/platform.lucid/:

revno: 1287
committer: Steve Langasek <[email protected]>
branch nick: platform.jaunty
timestamp: Thu 2009-01-15 04:20:01 -0800
message:
  move wvdial from desktop-common to supported-hardware-desktop - there's no
  longer a reason to install it by default without gnome-network-admin.

Once the GUI went away it was no longer appropriate to include it as
another moving part in the default system install.

However, it is still in main as a supported software component, and it's
appropriate to add it back into the LiveCD as an optional, installable
component, space allowing.

(wvdial takes up approximately 920KiB, with its dependencies; so
ultimately we'll want to replace this with something smaller that
integrates properly with the desktop, but for now it appears we have the
space.)

** Package changed: wvdial (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)

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[include in live-cd] wvdial (1.60.1+nmu2)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400573
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