On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 13:52 +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Arun Kumar <coolwith...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm planning to heading back India soon and would like to understand > > which wireless broadband (via USB modem) provider supports Linux > > operating system and provides good coverage (not necessarily very high > > speed but average is good enough). - I'll be visiting tier-II, III > > towns in Tamilnadu and mostly available in Chennai but occasional > > visits to other states/metros. However I've already gone through many > > comments/suggestions over forums but would like to get the folks real > > experience from this group as well. > > Tata Indicom's photon would be a good bet. > > It may necessitate download of firmware with hotplug but that should > be straight forward.
TATA proton HAS no LINUX support am stuck with one when I called their help-desk and was told they have no linux support as of now however some people have tried they said depends on the model one has. I have a Hauwai usb which they said WILL NOT SUPPORT LINUX You can try Reliance they mostly supply ZTE and ZTE has linux support. GY > However I have no real life experience with it. > > -Girish > PS: I hope you know that there is no such thing as Wireless broadband. > It will always be slow. > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
