-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) writes: > Hi, I was thinking of getting one of those pre-paid MTNL 3G SIMs to use > for 'net access when on the road or out on work. Is there any company > which is giving a better deal? Pre-paid is a must: my mobile 'net > requirement is sporadic, and I don't want to have to keep paying the > telco every month regardless of whether I use the service or not.
> On a related note, anyone suggest an el cheapo mobile phone with 3G, > Bluetooth and decent battery life that one can use as a modem with > Linux? My Nokia 5800 does all that, but (a) it's not el cheapo, (b) I'm > already using it with Vodafone and (c) its battery life, while adequate > for talk, isn't too good with both BT and 3G on. I've MTNL 3G, I use it with datacard provided by them. The datacard driver works fine in GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD. The only problem I face is 3G latency (+ ~30ms), and highly unreliable MTNL routing which most of the times takes you to .de/.us in ~150/250ms, but sometimes takes +150ms. The speed (200-230 KiB/s to mirrors.cse.iitk.ac.in) is good, and with unlimited plan, you can download great amount of pr0n (but if you're on high latency place, you'll end up shooting yourself in foot with 100s of connections in SYN_SENT). Roaming is free all over India and actually works with same experience (at least in Kanpur), courtesy: Bhagwan Se Nahi Lagta. HTH - -- Ashish SHUKLA “Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-"Wait and hope".” (Alexandre Dumas, père, "The Count of Monte Cristo", 1845-1846) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOHzs1AAoJEMdGz6nnT6SwTSgQAIjTMiSBEtfsI00JboqFNzjl LE/SKHf+NCxCCaCiVmjenzmB6hptOxJ7KhEwmRq7gtr7ODJ210ko2D6NN79Up0B2 QMRLWWCQbR17ujZ00yQwXxHW4jiq3IK2+fuuaIS+vMwuuA22IcE9Zi/oaRCLr1Pl qdQT18+6fgnYzyU0ftQThT7nLmC9oM+KAYdjuUtkBmkkC/hzcMkdHoMF9jjZalcg owwk7kjbx/8GduEmMkyiI0vwPGdXo/cra4KDa1EHBwzJDNMOLWp9s9tFk9a94S6+ uTQvuUGdSxLq0Nn/Ou9c7rolYVSVmmyXsIz90oN2VAHWLsingGeuoJy5MS7MXxWD /BG7Vv+MOKxJKxAHoSfVuA0eum0ZwXOXWxaakEUAmweYj6gVVba0mBcfzoo/wf1I csrifiYSPytTYC4IUxhFi3GXhigQLSXntGr77UjTrV6QM0EbHE0c873ZtMc1D/nn zlzyvQbW1s/maNkmzmCqjLuBSnbSLRMsjsjdlyWUSuQ/PLOggDnKGsImPIS1tYBh khRlQ28mkvrzrzKQf9Z7RDhICJfBG7iqjKRcEqmGT8P+qWWUPVpqqLAlfGFXlxTN Rfl1Hq9/Pewt4LC5ssfOIT/ZwDsxbylN0fsV/inBvbX6x6LuFpDvii2OZQne/4c9 REjaLemAHaxJTlEWc2CF =t25j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
