On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 05:14 +0100, opm595 wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:12:43 +1000 > From: opm595 <[email protected]> > Subject: Mobile Broadband for 9.04? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <1250565164.4251.9.ca...@opm3nt> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Guys, > Just wondering if anyone can help me with advice on going mobile > (broadband) with 9.04. I'm hoping it's actually possible, because my > current mobile phone provider (Vodafone) has said noway are they looking > at servicing anything other then MS, between now and this time next > millennium. So, just thought someone here might be able to point me in > the right direction. > Thanks in advance. > Regards, > Rob
Hi Rob. Ubuntu 9.04 is compatible with lots of mobile broadband devices and providers. In fact, it comes with a massive list of providers' settings, so when you plug in a supported 3G device it will ask you what provider you are with, and then will be able to connect immediately afterward. Much easier than Windows :-) I use a Haweuii E160G (I know I've spelt the manufacturer's name wrong) that Three provided me with - this is the standard Prepaid modem to my understanding. A friend of mine is on pay-as-you-go and has another Haweuii modem with a rotatable USB connector, that also works out-of-the-box on Jaunty but doesn't seem to be as good a modem. I've also seen someone with an Optus-branded E160G, so you can take a look at Optus and Three. Three have good pricing and generally a good signal and good speeds, although it's not a patch on my ADSL (I live in a mobile broadband slow patch as well actually). There are other modems around that work out-of-the-box on Jaunty, so just look up hardware compatibility lists. The modem is the important bit, not the provider - but stick with a mainstream provider otherwise you won't find their details in the Mobile Broadband Wizard. I hope this helps. Chris -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
