[Gllug] 3 and linux

[Richard Cottrill]

Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can usefully use that 3G speed 
for anything remotely useful. You are limited to accessing 3's own 
content (doesn't include such wonders as a train timetable, or general 
WAP access); and you are limited to using it on the phone, unless you 
have friends in low places.

Depending on the phone you buy you *may* be able to get access at 2 or 
2.5G speeds.

If/when the powers that be decide to get their act together ("we were 
surprised to discover that people would like high speed Internet 
access") it may be a different story. I think all the 3 handsets support 
the bluetooth modem profile, so I guess Linux support follows from there.

Richard

Jeremy Booth wrote:
> Afternoon
>   I'm using a silly number of minutes on my mobile right now and I've
> found that 3 do a good number of cross network minutes at a sensible
> price. So the next question is 2 fold, does anyone have any experience
> of using 3 with linux laptops, and what sort of data rates are
> obtainable?. I'd like to hear the good and the bad before I go ahead and
> sign a contract :)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jeremy

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