Any chance of pushing this? -Jason

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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