[ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

[Philip Wyett]

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 08:39 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 04/09/09 08:27, Philip Wyett wrote:
> <snip />
> >
> > I use t-mobile (Huawei dongle) on laptops that 8.04 and up on. I have no
> > real issues using it bar one. To get 30 days of broadband at the fixed
> > £15 (3Gb download limit, but allows to to browse even when exceeded and
> > blocks downloads between 4pm and midnight) you have to SMS from the
> > device after purchasing the top up which makes you reliant on t-mobiles
> > Windows software. :-(
> 
> Have you tried wader? That supports SMS over 3G devices.
> 
> http://wader-project.org/
> 
> We funded some of the development ;-)
> 
> Al
> 
> 

Thanks Alan. Got it installed and running on my work/main 8.04 laptop I
have with me and able to send an SMS to my phone. Will try with a top-up
tomorrow.

Many thanks

Regards

Phil
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