<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dylan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dylan@dylan.me.uk">dylan@dylan.me.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Friday 26 June 2009, Magnus Leuthner wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I'm thinking about getting mobile broadband as a replacement of<br>
> "normal" wired broadband. Does anybody know whether these devices work<br>
> with GNU/Linux? E.g. does the device that comes with the T-Mobile plan<br>
> work with Linux, are there drivers? How stable are they?<br>
<br>
</div>Most of the devices are natively supported now so it's a matter of setting the<br>
correct config for wvdial (etc...) The one I use is stable from the linux<br>
pov, but the connection is flaky to say the least. There is regular drop-out,<br>
the DNS is so slow that browsers etc often timeout before it responds. The<br>
average speed I get is 12kb/s (yes, that's kilobits) and it's often as low as<br>
a few hundred bits/s.<br>
<br>
It's fine for checking email or some occasional reference to the web, but in<br>
no way a replacement for "real" broadband.<br>
<br>
FYI: I'm on three, but I know people with the same experience on other<br>
networks.<br>
<br>
Dx<br>
<div class="im"><br>
><br>
> Thanks for any feedback<br>
> Mac<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br><br>I use a O2 stick on my Dell mini9 with Ubuntu 9.04 and it works fine, as long as I have a good signal its great for some quick web browsing, system administration, emails etc but no way would I replace it for "real" broadband.<br>
<br>W<br>