Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
When these people say 'doesn't work with Mac/Linux', they mean that the auto-install control software on the dongle doesn't work there. My 3 (Huawei) dongle, for example, works better under Linux than it does under Windows - but you have to mangle the settings yourself (trivial under Ubuntu) and you don't get 3's fancy client. Bonus! Dunno about Mac, though, but almost certainly the same. It's just a modem, after all. Peter 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
Hi TIA. Not sure about 3's service where you are, but at least for me up in North Yorkshire (in Boroughbridge to be exact), it's rock solid and fast enough to grab a 100MB file in a few hours or so, barring an occasional DNS problem which resolves itself within about 30 minutes-1 hour. I've heard the occasional horror story, but I've never had any fuss with them, for what it's worth. I'm not too familiar with their dongles, although I've never had problems using my unlocked Nokia N70 over USB with Linux to access their service. Your mileage may vary on Mac OS X, though. Just my 2p as a relatively happy prepaid customer of theirs. Tyson. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.ukwrote: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org ~ http://i9.house404.co.uk/ | Twitter/FriendFeed/Skype: vmlemon | +447549728105
RE: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
Thanks for all the replies from different people. Yep, my feelings exactly - it is just a modem so it should work. I know areas (e.g. right outside the Vodafone shop in Falmouth - where they have a booster aerial) where the Vodafone will work on Windows, so I think I'll go that route and give it a try by running Windows from Boot Camp. It is only for a few days backup usage, so hopefully I can get it to work. Cheers -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:56 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband When these people say 'doesn't work with Mac/Linux', they mean that the auto-install control software on the dongle doesn't work there. My 3 (Huawei) dongle, for example, works better under Linux than it does under Windows - but you have to mangle the settings yourself (trivial under Ubuntu) and you don't get 3's fancy client. Bonus! Dunno about Mac, though, but almost certainly the same. It's just a modem, after all. Peter 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
You can find the mast and services information here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/sitefinder/ 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk Thanks for all the replies from different people. Yep, my feelings exactly - it is just a modem so it should work. I know areas (e.g. right outside the Vodafone shop in Falmouth - where they have a booster aerial) where the Vodafone will work on Windows, so I think I'll go that route and give it a try by running Windows from Boot Camp. It is only for a few days backup usage, so hopefully I can get it to work. Cheers -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:56 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband When these people say 'doesn't work with Mac/Linux', they mean that the auto-install control software on the dongle doesn't work there. My 3 (Huawei) dongle, for example, works better under Linux than it does under Windows - but you have to mangle the settings yourself (trivial under Ubuntu) and you don't get 3's fancy client. Bonus! Dunno about Mac, though, but almost certainly the same. It's just a modem, after all. Peter 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
RE: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
VERY useful thanks From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:16 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband You can find the mast and services information here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/sitefinder/ 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk Thanks for all the replies from different people. Yep, my feelings exactly - it is just a modem so it should work. I know areas (e.g. right outside the Vodafone shop in Falmouth - where they have a booster aerial) where the Vodafone will work on Windows, so I think I'll go that route and give it a try by running Windows from Boot Camp. It is only for a few days backup usage, so hopefully I can get it to work. Cheers -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:56 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband When these people say 'doesn't work with Mac/Linux', they mean that the auto-install control software on the dongle doesn't work there. My 3 (Huawei) dongle, for example, works better under Linux than it does under Windows - but you have to mangle the settings yourself (trivial under Ubuntu) and you don't get 3's fancy client. Bonus! Dunno about Mac, though, but almost certainly the same. It's just a modem, after all. Peter 2009/1/26 zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
what about mobile broadband product (PAYG) that works with Ubuntu (linux) Thanks L. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tyson Key tyson@gmail.com wrote: Hi TIA. Not sure about 3's service where you are, but at least for me up in North Yorkshire (in Boroughbridge to be exact), it's rock solid and fast enough to grab a 100MB file in a few hours or so, barring an occasional DNS problem which resolves itself within about 30 minutes-1 hour. I've heard the occasional horror story, but I've never had any fuss with them, for what it's worth. I'm not too familiar with their dongles, although I've never had problems using my unlocked Nokia N70 over USB with Linux to access their service. Your mileage may vary on Mac OS X, though. Just my 2p as a relatively happy prepaid customer of theirs. Tyson. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org ~ http://i9.house404.co.uk/ | Twitter/FriendFeed/Skype: vmlemon | +447549728105 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived. Peter 2009/1/26 Luf Ball lufoma...@gmail.com: what about mobile broadband product (PAYG) that works with Ubuntu (linux) Thanks L. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tyson Key tyson@gmail.com wrote: Hi TIA. Not sure about 3's service where you are, but at least for me up in North Yorkshire (in Boroughbridge to be exact), it's rock solid and fast enough to grab a 100MB file in a few hours or so, barring an occasional DNS problem which resolves itself within about 30 minutes-1 hour. I've heard the occasional horror story, but I've never had any fuss with them, for what it's worth. I'm not too familiar with their dongles, although I've never had problems using my unlocked Nokia N70 over USB with Linux to access their service. Your mileage may vary on Mac OS X, though. Just my 2p as a relatively happy prepaid customer of theirs. Tyson. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Many thanks, Fergus Vodafone say their PAYG dongle doesn't work on Macs: This product is not Mac compatible (from their website - and confirmed by the Vodafone store). T-Mobile dongles are Mac happy, but have no coverage at all in Falmouth apparently. 3 are Mac happy, but I'm told the service is patchy at best ... was hoping that someone with some local knowledge might have some experience they could share. I can run XP on the Mac via boot camp or VMWare fusion, but the Vodafone shop say the dongle still won't work with Mac hardware even if I have booted into Windows . this seems strange to me ... would have thought a usb dongle would work with Windows drivers irrespective of being on top of Mac hardware ... wondered, as well, if anybody has a Vodafone dongle and is using it under boot camp/fusion on a Mac. TIA On 25 Jan 2009, at 19:56, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43, zen16...@zen.co.uk zen16...@zen.co.uk wrote: Needs to work on a Mac – MBP. All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage down there. They should all have maps that show network availability. The T-Mobile PAYG lasts 90 days now apparently and the Three one might do - but that may just be you have 90 days to use the voucher and it then lasts for 30 days, which was the scenario. Both of them should sell you a dongle for ~£40 if you shop around. HTH f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org ~ http://i9.house404.co.uk/ | Twitter/FriendFeed/Skype: vmlemon | +447549728105 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:03, Peter Bowyer wrote: As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived. There are several 3 dongles - the E220 works out the box with the Asus EEE distro and Vodaphone have a linux client available that provides drivers if you are using a different distro. You just need to change the APN in the settings from vodaphone's. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] What’s “Cloud Interop”?
Interesting bit from Tim Bray What’s “Cloud Interop”? http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/01/22/What-Does-Interop-Mean I’ve seen verbiage on this echoing around the Net while the various Cloudy festivities go on down in the Bay Area. You could spend a lot of time partitioning and taxonomizing the interop problem, but I’d rather think of it from the business point of view. The question that seems more important than all the rest is “Can I afford to switch vendors?” Let’s consider some examples. * When printers wear out, you can buy new printers from whoever with little concern for switching cost. * If you’re unhappy with your current servers, you can replace them with models from lots of vendors (Sun, Dell, HP, IBM, others) without worrying too much about compatibility (well, you may have some racking and cabling pain); the issues are price, performance, and support. * If you’re grouchy about your OS, you can move between *n*x flavors like Debian, SUSE, and Solaris pretty freely in most (granted, not all) cases; with maybe some deployment and sysadmin pain. * If you’re unhappy with your desktop environment, well too bad, you’re stuck. Your users are too deeply bought into some combination of Outlook calendaring and Excel macros and Sharepoint collab. The price of rebuilding the whole environment is simply too high for most businesses to consider. * If you’re unhappy with your Oracle licensing charges, you probably have to suck it up and deal with it. SQL is a good technology but a lousy standard, offering near-zero interoperability; the cost of re-tooling your apps so they’ll run on someone else’s database is probably unthinkable. Like they say, you date your systems vendor but you marry Larry Ellison. It’s like this: CIOs looking at technologies don’t want to marry their cloud service provider. That’s all.
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
2009/1/26 Fearghas McKay fm-li...@st-kilda.org: On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:03, Peter Bowyer wrote: As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived. There are several 3 dongles - the E220 works out the box with the Asus EEE distro and Vodaphone have a linux client available that provides drivers if you are using a different distro. You just need to change the APN in the settings from vodaphone's. Ack. Mine worked out of the box with the standard Xandros distro on my EEE, and equally well out-of-the-box when I installed Crunchbase. It knew the hardware and the APN settings for 3 in both cases. Its a Huawei E220. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: pe...@bowyer.org Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband
fwiw those two emails with an ITV sig at the bottom are nowt to do with me... f On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:14, Fearghas McKay wrote: On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:03, Peter Bowyer wrote: As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived. There are several 3 dongles - the E220 works out the box with the Asus EEE distro and Vodaphone have a linux client available that provides drivers if you are using a different distro. You just need to change the APN in the settings from vodaphone's. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- ITV plc (Registration No. 4967001)“ITV” is incorporated in England and Wales with its registered office at 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HF.Please visit the official ITV website at http:// www.itv.com/ for the latest company news. The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may contain privileged or copyright information. If you have received this email and you are not the intended recipient please notify mailto:postmas...@itv.com and delete this email and you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email are strictly prohibited. Although ITV routinely screens for viruses, recipients should scan this email and any attachments for viruses. ITV does not certify that this email or any of its attachments is free of viruses or defects. ITV reserves the right to monitor all e mails and the systems upon which such e mails are stored or circulated. This email does not conclude a binding agreement. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ITV. Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank You. -- - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Mozilla to support open video natively
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 will include native support for video in the browser and they have chosen Theora as the format of choice. Short post: http://shaver.off.net/diary/2009/01/26/advancing-open-video/ Long description: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=977 So does that mean we can have iplayer in as a Theora stream now ;-) I am really looking forward to this for a few projects I have been working on that still don't really have a true open source solution: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg07487.html Dan - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Mozilla to support open video natively
2009/1/26 Dogsbody d...@dogsbody.org: Mozilla Firefox 3.1 will include native support for video in the browser and they have chosen Theora as the format of choice. Great news! :-) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Mozilla to support open video natively
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 00:04, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: 2009/1/26 Dogsbody d...@dogsbody.org: Mozilla Firefox 3.1 will include native support for video in the browser and they have chosen Theora as the format of choice. Great news! :-) You'll be able to rickroll yourself and others free from the oppressive yoke of the Adobe Corporation! Stick it to the man! http://tinyvid.tv/show/3d198wqepg78m -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/