[Gllug] GPRS Data Cards on Linux

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 08:14:56PM +0100, Paul Cupis wrote:
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> On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 23:38, Axel Segebrecht <axel at segebrecht.com> 
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to run a GPRS PCMCIA card (from Orange or otherwise) on
> > a lappi, so that I can be permanently connected to the net (wahoo!).
> >
> > Just curious what experiences are you folks have had / heard of?
> 
> Last time I had my hands on one of these, it was recognised as a regular 
> modem by the kernel. That card was an Option Globetrotter (re-branded).
> 
> Assuming that you have this same card, check out 
> http://www.option.com/support/linux_general_setup.shtml

Where can one get reasonably priced GPRS?

Last I looked Orange wanted an arm and a
leg for even tiny amounts of bandwidth ...

Rich. 

 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul Cupis
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> paul at cupis.co.uk
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