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Re: [LUG] mobile broadband things

 

On 10/02/2010 16:09, Paul Sutton wrote:
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Hi

I was looking at getting one of those mobile broadband things that plug
in to the usb port,

aparently I need extra drivers adn stuff to get it working under Linux,
 not sure, but I am not really that confident with stuff like that

however the following in the 3 store caught my eye

http://threestore.three.co.uk/broadband/?id=1397

so it seems i don't need to actually plug it in to my computer so don't
need to worry about drivers,  i get something called a sim card with it,
which is something to do with mobile networks, don't know (it doesn't
explain what this is)

not sure what to get really it seems the offers are only on for a short
period of time so by the time i have saved up the offer is closed, which
is their loss really.

I think rob b has confirmed the vodafone usb modem thing works out of
the box or does it require some sort of drivers,  doing google comes up
with a variety of answers, none of which seem to point to a simple
installation.

Paul


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Before you commit yourself to any of the mobile companies check their coverage
and not least how often and where are you going to use the service.



John W


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