[SWLUG] Linux mobile broadband advice please

[Colin Law]

On 30 July 2011 11:55, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My broadband connection has been down since Thursday. Plus.net have
> said it is a problem at the local exchange and that an engineer will
> go there on Monday, so maybe I'll be reconnected next week!
>
> But I want to have a backup connection option. Mobile broadband for
> Windows & Mac is no use to me since I use Linux & so all my
> hg/git/VPN/etc using Linux.

It may not be relevant but if you have a phone with internet access it
is generally possible to tether the PC to the phone to get internet
access on PC via the phone.

Colin