On 02/08/2011 01:05 PM, Alex Young wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Daniel Herrington< > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I use a Verizon usb dongle (USB727) on my laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) when >> traveling. Not sure if that's 3G or not. I think it's pretty good. I've >> only had connection issues once in a high rise in Chicago. It's fast >> enough for web surfing, email, and iso downloads. I haven't tried to >> streaming movies on it, but based on the iso downloads (dvd in about an >> hour to hour and a half) I don't think speed is that bad. >> >> > I'd second the good experiences with Verizon dongles; I've used a USB760 > quite a bit with the same caveat of having to activate it in Windows the > first time. > > I tested a 3G USB key from AT&T and found that it's linux support was quite > lacking, I wish I remembered the modle number so you could avoid it, but I > sadly do not. Obviously YMMV depending on what's out there now. > > > Alex Young >
interesting that you had a bad experience with the ATT dongle. my parents used an ATT dongle with Ubuntu for a while (don't know the model either), and the hardest part of setting it up was finding where she had put her passphrase. if it's reasonably feasible, i'd just suggest bringing the laptop into the shop to verify the dongle you get is supported before you sign a contract. regards, nathan _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
