On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Annie Mozzity <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Somebody wrote: > > > Hi! I was wondering if any of you guys have had any experience under > Linux > > with Telus or Bell WiMax or Cellular aircards (either USB or PCMCIA) ? I > > will be required soon to have an aircard service and would prefer to use > it > > under Linux, however Telus (as well as manufacturers) do not provide any > > Linux versions of SierraWatcher, Kyocera Passport or Novatel's access > > manager. > > This is a bit belated a reply. > > I picked up a Rogers-branded Novatel 950D at Futurecrap months ago when > they first started getting them in stock. One store told me that they had to > sign me up for a year for the $130 price tag, but they were out of stock. > The other store just sold it to me for the sticker price sans contract. > > Turns out it's unlocked too, I know since I was recently in Germany and my > friend's 25 euro unlimited data flat rate SIM worked no problem in it. > Though he paid over 100 euros for his cellular usb stick. That's right... 25 > EURO 3G unlimited data flat rate data. > > On the tech side with the Novatel 950D you don't need to have the access > manager, you can have a little script and use wvdial to get nice HSDPA > access anywhere. I've been meaning to post a little blog howto about how I > got mine working and if you're interested, I will. > > That said, all the Canadian data/isp providers (amongst other tech comm > companies) all suck. You (we) are living in the dark ages. All these > companies have squandered the lead in data communications we had over a > decade ago. This Hell Canada throttling is just par for the course. > > If you care, I urge you to read Michael Geist's blog and get involved in > the net neutrality and other important CRTC related tech issues. > > I just read that Hell Canada is trying to not share the last mile of new > fibre to the home, last mile deployment despite us all paying lots of a > tariffs already for "upgrading and maintaining the network" --- so fibre > will be like the good old copper monopoly days if people don't fight this. > > Back on the cellular front, did I mention in Germany for 5 euros (free 7.50 > euros balance on purchase) you can get a GSM cell number while visiting > there. All incoming calls are free and I pay 0.10/minute outgoing. And this > is pay as you go. Calls to Montreal are 0.12c/m. And by law, as long as you > don't have a 0 balance, they can't disconnect your number for 12 months. > > Every Canadian has to wake up to how badly the ISPs and telecoms are > squandering our techonological future. > > A.M. > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > To whom can we forward your email so that others in the government know what is the norm outside of Rigers and ting-a-ling? -- Regards Leslie Satenstein
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