My wife's Vodaphone dongle just works when I plug it into my EEEPC running Jaunty 9.04. We bought it about six months ago and still have £12 of the inclusive £15 left. In Windows you get a desktop app which gives you information about useage, connection speed, etc, which you don't get in Linux. I guess its not the cheapest deal, but it suites our very occasional use. If your father in law is going to be a heavy user, you should look at the other pay as you go deals and possibly pay monthly contracts (or get him fixed line broadband)
Tony On 3 Sep 2009 at 21:30, Matt Jones wrote: > > If he is only going to use it a small amount, then Vodafone offer the > best deal, top up £15 for 1GB. Then use it until it runs out. With > everyone else, your 1GB of data only lasts 30days, even if you haven't > used it all. > > Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not sure about the > Vodaphone one though, as the field has developed so quickly, then the > drivers aren't in Ubuntu yet for the most modern ones. > > Do you have a link to the laptop? > > Matt. > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Jon Taylor<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I’m looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a > > laptop and broadband dongle. We’ve (sort of) found a laptop that we’re going > > to put Jaunty onto but I’d like to know if there are any ISP’s we should > > look at and also any we should avoid? > > > > Also are there issues with dongles and Ubuntu or is it going to be plain > > sailing? Please bear in mind that this is going to be for a recently retired > > person who has only ever had MS OS’s so he definitely won’t understand > > terminal or other technical stuff. I’ll probably be the one setting it all > > up for him. > > > > I’d be really grateful for any advice and/or warnings of potential hazards. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon Taylor > > > > 1st Choice Bathrooms > > > > [email protected] > > > > www.1stchoicebathrooms.co.uk > > > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly > > > > confidential and are solely for the recipient(s) at the e-mail > > > > address(es) above. If you are not an addressee, you may not disclose, > > > > distribute, copy or use this e-mail, please delete it and all copies of > > > > it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the > > > > sender. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any > > > > mistransmission. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > > > > distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the > > intended recipient. > > > > 1st Choice Bathrooms accepts no legal liability for the contents of > > > > this e-mail including any errors, interception or interference, as > > > > internet communications are not secure. Whilst 1st Choice Bathrooms > > > > and/or the sender have taken every precaution to prevent transmission > > > > of computer viruses, should this inadvertently occur we do not accept > > > > any liability, you are advised to take your own steps to ensure that > > > > you are protected against malicious communications. Any attachments are > > opened at your own risk. > > > > We may monitor all e-mails sent to or from this or any other office of > > > > the firm for compliance with our internal policies. No contractual > > > > relationship is created by this e-mail by any person or company unless > > > > specifically indicated otherwise by agreement in writing via means other > > than e-mail. > > > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
