Wayne, FYI - Gales Creek is on the edge of voice and data coverage. You may want to see if their location is even covered. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController?requesttype=NEWREQUEST
Verizon 4G in Oregon is only available in a small area around the Portland airport at present. Regards, Jeff On 02/08/2011 12:34, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > I have some friends I am trying to help who live out in Gales Creek, > currently run Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and would like to gain internet > access. After viewing the horror stories reported by Blue Sky users, we > are thinking mobile broadband. It is my understanding that presently, in > their outlying area, it will be 3G rather than 4G. > > Of course when you mention Linux to sales people, they wet themselves. > One fellow corrected me that their USB "Card" did not contain a radio > !@#$. Does anyone have experience with Ubuntu (or other distribution) > and Verizon wireless broadband devices? How fast and did you consider it > usable? It HAS to better than dial-up???? > > Wayne > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
