Re: Wi-Fi availability

[Dale]

2009/11/5 Swamp Rat :
> I visited Telstra today to but a Wi-Fi broadband modem (the only
> service that will work in country towns) and was told they do not
> support Ubuntu or any other flavour of Linux. I don't want to spend
> $175 on a modem that doesn't work. I have an Asus Eee 901 and have
> just converted it to Ubuntu UNR. Everything works fine including Skype
> with webcam/audio. I desperately need comms. Does anyone know if a Wi-
> Fi will work with Ubuntu/UNR and how to get it going?
>
> Grateful for any assistance. ps -I have low end knowledge of Unix/
> Ubuntu so pleeez make it simple.
>

I have both Huawei E1762 and E160E 3G wireless dongles from
Internode[1] and they work great under Linux and are very easy to
setup and use with Network Manager. I have also used the E169 under
linux too and it works great to. I have the dongle cause I am moving
very soon to the country, and at the new place the dongles work good
up there to concidering the 3G tower is the next town is over from the
new place.

Regards
Dale

[1] 
http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/3g_wireless/nodemobile_data/
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RE: Wi-Fi availability

[Slawek Drabot]

My suggestion is to use prepaid if you are concerned with limiting excess usage.

Availability of Optus means you have access to the likes of Exetel and 
RegionalConnect who use the Optus 3G network. A price comparison can be found 
at whirlpool (for regional Vic for example): 
http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/?action=search&exc=1&state=vic&class=2&type=res&cost=50&pre=3000&conntype=6&speed=512&upspeed=0&contract=99&needhw=yes&upfront=99



--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Dave Hall  wrote:

> From: Dave Hall 
> Subject: RE: Wi-Fi availability
> To: "Slawek Drabot" 
> Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:23 PM
> On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 03:08 -0800,
> Slawek Drabot wrote:
> > "Does anyone know if a Wi-Fi will work with Ubuntu/UNR
> and how to get
> > it going?"
> > 
> > which country town are you looking for coverage? Do
> you get mobile
> > reception from Optus in your town? This wil lgreatly
> increase your
> > options and reduce your cost.
> 
> Or not.  I have used Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, Virgin
> and 3 over the
> years for mobile data.  Out of all of them, Telstra
> wins hands down - no
> one comes close to their coverage, their customer service
> leaves optus,
> 3 and virgin for dead and if you look at it closely, the
> pricing on the
> higher end plans is actually pretty good.  One month
> over quota with
> Optus can wipe out any savings you may have made by using
> them.  BigPond
> offer shaped plans.
> 
> Yes, some of Telstra's business practices are questionable,
> alot of
> their products are over priced, but you will find very
> people (including
> some of their harshest critics) who will criticise their
> Next G network.
> 
> If you have Optus coverage then I would recommend you
> consider using
> Internode's 3G product.  I have heard good things
> about it and it is
> capped, so you don't get a nasty surprise when the next
> bill arrives. I
> don't use it as 5G is far too little. More info at
> http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/3g_wireless/nodemobile_data/plans/
> 
> Disclaimer: Internode sponsors the free community wireless
> network in my
> town in country Victoria, so I like to say nice things
> about them.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dave
> 
> 


  

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