> I seriously considering Orange's offer of a combo package of some sort of > "box", cell phone air time and 2.5mbit Internet. From what I understand > the Internet part is over your (not included) cable modem or aDSL line. > > Does anyone have it? Or have Orange as an ISP? > > Are they Linux friendly? I understand it's presented as some sort of > router, but I have a combination of Linux, Windows and Mac and don't > want to be told that in order to test their router I have to use a > Windows computer, or worse than that, be told that their service is not > "linux compatible". > > My traffic is in order of priority VoIP, then streaming video, then web > access > then bit torrent. In order of traffic, it's backwards, with most being bit > torrent, then streaming video, then http, with a small VoIP load. > > Right now I have a HOT modem and Netvision, which when it works it works > very well, with no slowdowns, noticable traffic shaping, or limits. The > Orange > deal is a good one based soley on reducing my cell phone bill. If I can get > decent Internet access on top of it, it's a big saving. > > It also happens to be down as I write this and has been for almost 6 hours. > > Thanks, > > Geoff.
You may find this thread interesting: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/29/2013206 (Viability of Mobile Broadband For Home Use?) -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
