what about mobile broadband product (PAYG) that works with Ubuntu (linux) Thanks L.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tyson Key <tyson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi TIA. > Not sure about 3's service where you are, but at least for me up in North > Yorkshire (in Boroughbridge to be exact), it's rock solid and fast enough to > grab a 100MB file in a few hours or so, barring an occasional DNS problem > which resolves itself within about 30 minutes-1 hour. I've heard the > occasional "horror story", but I've never had any fuss with them, for what > it's worth. > > I'm not too familiar with their dongles, although I've never had problems > using my unlocked Nokia N70 over USB with Linux to access their service. > Your mileage may vary on Mac OS X, though. > Just my 2p as a relatively happy prepaid customer of theirs. > > Tyson. > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, zen16...@zen.co.uk <zen16...@zen.co.uk> > wrote: >> >> 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/ > > > > -- > Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://i9.house404.co.uk/ | Twitter/FriendFeed/Skype: vmlemon | > +447549728105 > - 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/
