VERY useful thanks
From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:16 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband You can find the mast and services information here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/sitefinder/ 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
