[Gllug] PAYG mobile broadband

[InstincT]

On 20/12/2010 15:17, Tristan Miller wrote:
>
> I got my Vodafone pay-as-you-go dongle on Friday and tried it out.  It
> works, with one extremely irritating caveat:  the device must first be used
> on a Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X machine.  I assume that the dongle is
> somehow locked at first, and that the proprietary MS Windows/Mac OS X
> "installation" software unlocks it.  I've posted further details at
> <http://forum.sakis3g.org/smf/index.php?topic=262.0>.
>

I recall some USB modems required a firmware to be uploaded on first 
use. Different
firmwares would be uploaded depending on the selected region/isp.

Marcus


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