As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived.
Peter 2009/1/26 Luf Ball <[email protected]>: > what about mobile broadband product (PAYG) that works with Ubuntu (linux) > Thanks > L. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tyson Key <[email protected]> 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, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> 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, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>>> 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/[email protected]/ >>> >>> >>> - >>> 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/[email protected]/ >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/[email protected]/ > -- Peter Bowyer Email: [email protected] 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/[email protected]/
