On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 15:24 -0400, Jason Glasgow wrote: > I've noticed that some providers (e.g. AldiTalk/MedionMobile, blau.de, > E-Plus, simyo Internet, NetCologne in Germany, or 3 in Sweden) all > share the same set of PLMNs in the mobile broadband provider info > (MBPI) database. This means that looking up a provider in the database > based on the PLMN yields more than one provider. After talking to > some providers, it appears that in certain instances one can read the > SPN file from the SIM card and use this to disambiguate between the > different provider entries in the database. > > > Other carriers though have indicated that sometimes the SPN file on > the SIM is empty (or non existent), and in that case one should select > the 'primary' or default provider. > > > I propose that we add an attribute to the provider entity to indicate > that it is the 'primary' provider for a given set of PLMNs. > > > Attached is a patch that defines the attribute and applies it to a few > providers. > > > Thoughts?
I think it's a fine idea. Anyone have objections? Dan > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > networkmanager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
