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2009/1/26 <zen16...@zen.co.uk> > Thanks for all the replies from different people. > > Yep, my feelings exactly - it is just a modem so it should work. > > I know areas (e.g. right outside the Vodafone shop in Falmouth - where they > have a booster aerial) where the Vodafone will work on Windows, so I think > I'll go that route and give it a try by running Windows from Boot Camp. It > is only for a few days backup usage, so hopefully I can get it to work. > > Cheers > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:56 AM > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband > > When these people say 'doesn't work with Mac/Linux', they mean that > the auto-install control software on the dongle doesn't work there. My > 3 (Huawei) dongle, for example, works better under Linux than it does > under Windows - but you have to mangle the settings yourself (trivial > under Ubuntu) and you don't get 3's fancy client. Bonus! > > Dunno about Mac, though, but almost certainly the same. It's just a > modem, after all. > > Peter > > 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk <zen16...@zen.co.uk>: > > Many thanks, Fergus > > > > Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: > > > > "This product is not Mac compatible" (from their website - and confirmed > by > > the Vodafone store). > > > > T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth > > apparently. > > > > 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was > hoping > > that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they > could > > share. > > > > I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone > > shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have > booted > > into Windows ..... this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb > > dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of > Mac > > hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is > > using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: > > > >> > >> On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, <zen16...@zen.co.uk> <zen16...@zen.co.uk> > wrote: > >> > >>> Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. > >> > >> All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably > need > >> local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down > there. > >> They should all have maps that show network availability. > >> > >> The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might > do > >> - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then > lasts > >> for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a > dongle > >> for ~£40 if you shop around. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> f > >> > >> > >> - > >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please > >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > >> Unofficial list archive: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please > > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > -- > Peter Bowyer > Email: pe...@bowyer.org > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
