[Gllug] experiences with mobile broadband devices?

[william pink]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dylan <dylan at dylan.me.uk> wrote:

> On Friday 26 June 2009, Magnus Leuthner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking about getting mobile broadband as a replacement of
> > "normal" wired broadband. Does anybody know whether these devices work
> > with GNU/Linux? E.g. does the device that comes with the T-Mobile plan
> > work with Linux, are there drivers? How stable are they?
>
> Most of the devices are natively supported now so it's a matter of setting
> the
> correct config for wvdial (etc...) The one I use is stable from the linux
> pov, but the connection is flaky to say the least. There is regular
> drop-out,
> the DNS is so slow that browsers etc often timeout before it responds. The
> average speed I get is 12kb/s (yes, that's kilobits) and it's often as low
> as
> a few hundred bits/s.
>
> It's fine for checking email or some occasional reference to the web, but
> in
> no way a replacement for "real" broadband.
>
> FYI: I'm on three, but I know people with the same experience on other
> networks.
>
> Dx
>
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback
> > Mac
>
>
>
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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.

W
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