--On Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:43:57 -0400 Dan Williams <[email protected]>
wrote:
.....
Your specific problem could be a firmware issue, it could be bad 2G
signal coverage at your location, it could be network provider issues
between your home network (3) and the roaming network, anything.
I suspect it's an issue between 3 and Orange. It's weird, the staff at 3,
both in shops and the call-centre, don't even acknowledge that their
devices work on 2G at all, they always insist they're a "3G only company".
It was an independent retailer who assured me they did, using other
carriers, and said 3 had the best service. Only after poking around with
the modem did I find that it will only roam to Orange, the other UK
carriers are barred. Also, in the list-networks (AT+COPS=?) response, the
modem describes the Orange network as "3", although when you connect to it,
AT+COPS? returns "Orange". The modem has obviously been hacked to hide
"Orange" and make it look like there is a "3" 2G network!
Unfortunately, it shows up as PPP errors and thus obscures what the real
issue is. Are you sure you have the latest firmware on the modem?
I assume so, I've never seen anything from 3 offering an update, and I
think the firmware may be customised for them.
I also now have a ZTE MF627 graciously donated to me, and while I can
use it for testing modem identification, I can't use it to actually
connect to anything since it's apparently 900/1800/2100 only which
doesn't work in the US.
Well done - have fun with it, as far as you can :) See my other message re.
ZTE fixes in latest NM git release.
Rick
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