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Grant Sewell wrote: > > Well, when I enquired in the store in Truro today, the young lady I was > talking to said that I could definitely use it for email and other > things, and that 1GB was "more than enough for mobile phone usage but > may be used up quicker if I used the phone as a modem for a laptop". > Since I specifically inquired as to the ability to run things like > "remote-desktop" over the connection and was assured that I could, then > I will not be a happy bunny if it turns out that I can't use anything > other than :80 and :443 (although :443 would still allow me to have my > ssh connection, so I could still have my emails working fine! :D) > > Grant. > From what I understand the 'Mobile Internet' at about £5 restricts ports but it fine for general basic web browsing whereas if you want the full blown t'internet with all ports you have to pay the tenner a month. As you say though, you can use port 443. I wouldn't personally go on what the staff in the stores say, 9 times out of 10 they'll say anything to make a sale and not care when it all goes wrong. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html