Ubuntu and gprs connectivity

Tapiwa Munzwa tkmunzwa at bigfoot.com
Fri Apr 24 08:28:21 BST 2009 

I was able to configure Kubuntu (Hardy) to share the GPRS connection my
phone uses over bluetooth (not as a modem *per se* - I did not dial up/use
AT commands on laptop). You can find the steps I took at ubuntuforums (
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6996218#post6996218)<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6996218#post6996218>

The GPRS speeds did not impress me much either where I am (Botswana), I'd
say comparable to dialup. And the charges are expensive to the point of
obscenity (per MB). I hope Econet will have reasonable rates.



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> From: Kuda Dube <kuda.dube at africadevelopers.com>
> To: ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:24:25 +0100
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and gprs connectivity
> Hi OS,
>
> GPRS Internet is something I am really looking forward to although I am
> also really interested in any other Internet connectivity options in
> Zim, especially in my house. I will follow this thread attentively!
>
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> Kuda
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> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:21:13 +0200
> "O. Sinclair" <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Friends,
> >
> > I guess we have all heard that Econet is going to offer GPRS internet
> > connectivity "real soon now". It will be faster than dial-up at least
> > and should cover whereever they cover.
> >
> > Anyone has any experience on how to make this work from Ubuntu,
> > Kubuntu etc? I guess we talk mainly about using your cellphone via
> > bluetooth as a modem - somehow...
> >
> > Sinclair
> >
> >
>
>
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> --
> Kudakwashe Dube
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> ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:43:09 +0200
> Subject: RE: Ubuntu and gprs connectivity
> Hi guys,
>
> I did recently see a "demo" of this by one of the guys selling the
> modems.... I'm afraid I wasn't impressed at all. It was possibly just the
> time of day (around 4pm) but it actually seemed slower than dialup and some
> of the larger/slower sites like wikipedia, failed to load at all. I fear
> that econet has already over-subscribed the service?
>
> Anyone else had any better experiences? Apparently it worked well when it
> was in demo phase but performance has degraded badly since it went
> commercial. (At least that's what I've heard).
>
> NC
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> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and gprs connectivity
>
> Hi OS,
>
> GPRS Internet is something I am really looking forward to although I am
> also really interested in any other Internet connectivity options in
> Zim, especially in my house. I will follow this thread attentively!
>
> ---
> Kuda
>
> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:21:13 +0200
> "O. Sinclair" <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > I guess we have all heard that Econet is going to offer GPRS internet
> > connectivity "real soon now". It will be faster than dial-up at least
> > and should cover whereever they cover.
> >
> > Anyone has any experience on how to make this work from Ubuntu,
> > Kubuntu etc? I guess we talk mainly about using your cellphone via
> > bluetooth as a modem - somehow...
> >
> > Sinclair
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Kudakwashe Dube
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