| Short answer is don't expect MTN (or indeed UTL to solve this one). It is, I'm quite sure, above their heads. Some pointers: The UTL and MTN CDMA phones are I believe identical. I have made some progress with the UTL phone, but not all the way. Here is the situation: - The driver CD supplied with the phone, actually really only contains a driver for the USB-to-serial cable. The modem driver actually turns out to simply be an inf file, that links to the Microsoft-supplied generic modem driver for Windows. The cable is a TI UMP 3410, where TI = Texas Instruments. Also it appears wired specially for this phone, so buying a new cable will leave you 55k less rich, and in no way better off. - There is a driver for OSX, but it is a beta. (write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for it.) I believe Linux support might be better but I haven't tried. For connecting with OSX, you want to use Ross Barkman's (google) "Generic Mobile Phone Script". Dials fine, connects, etc. But this is where the problems start The problem is that it appears the beta driver is not up to scratch, so the connection is flaky. wget works, normal web browsers like Firefox keep reporting "connection lost" while downloading a page, and only downloads part of the page! Strangely as well, sites close by (e.g. Uganda) seem to download fine. It certainly is not a network problem because if you connect the same CDMA modem to a windows box and share the connection via ICS with the OSX box, everything works fine. After much back and forth, including writing to the USB people at Texas Instruments, I was told they are aware of some issue and are will get back to me. I expect some movement soon. But, as I said, Linux may fare better. P. On Mar 03, 2006, at 12:55, Alex Mbaziira wrote:
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