[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband

[Ian Betteridge]

An XPS1530, which is a really nice machine. The design of it is nice
enough that, having switched from a Mac, it doesn't feel like I've
traded down in terms of looks! :)

The built-in 3G was a BTO option - I think it added about £40 to the
price, which seemed a good deal given that I'm convinced I'd end up
losing a dongle! It came with a Vodaphone SIM, but I didn't have to
sign up for a contract, so I'm just using a 3 SIM which I already had.

Configuring it to work with 3 was easy - just selected UK in the
network settings, then chose 3 as the provider, and a couple of
minutes later I was connected.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Simon Wears <munkyjunky at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ian, out of curiosity, what laptop do you have? If I iunderstood right
> with built in 3g?
>
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> On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:22, Ian Betteridge <ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works
>> perfectly.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears <munkyjunky at googlemail.com
>> > wrote:
>>> I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally.
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
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>>> On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, "Sean Miller" <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband?
>>>>
>>>> I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how
>>>> long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as
>>>> it'll allow me to not worry about "minimum contracts" and so on with
>>>> phone lines etc.
>>>>
>>>> How supported is it with Ubuntu?  Is there a particular network that
>>>> works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget
>>>> it entirely and route through a Windows PC?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice very much appreciated :-)
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Sean
>>>>
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