Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Ken Adams
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 10:18 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > The point is, it would be a tad annoying going out and buying a modem > for a specific provider (Three, Vodafone, T-Mobile etc), finding that > you can't get reception where you want to use it and then not being able > to return it for a ref

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Bell wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Matt Jones wrote: >> >> >>> If he is only going to use it a small amount, then Vodafone offer the >>> best deal, top up £15 for 1GB. Then use it until it runs out. With >>> everyone else, your 1GB of data only lasts 30days, even if you haven't >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Alan Bell
Rob Beard wrote: > Matt Jones wrote: > >> If he is only going to use it a small amount, then Vodafone offer the >> best deal, top up £15 for 1GB. Then use it until it runs out. With >> everyone else, your 1GB of data only lasts 30days, even if you haven't >> used it all. >> >> Most of the dongle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Philip Wyett
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 08:39 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 04/09/09 08:27, Philip Wyett wrote: > > > > > I use t-mobile (Huawei dongle) on laptops that 8.04 and up on. I have no > > real issues using it bar one. To get 30 days of broadband at the fixed > > £15 (3Gb download limit, but allows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Rob Beard
Matt Jones wrote: > If he is only going to use it a small amount, then Vodafone offer the > best deal, top up £15 for 1GB. Then use it until it runs out. With > everyone else, your 1GB of data only lasts 30days, even if you haven't > used it all. > > Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 04/09/09 08:27, Philip Wyett wrote: > > I use t-mobile (Huawei dongle) on laptops that 8.04 and up on. I have no > real issues using it bar one. To get 30 days of broadband at the fixed > £15 (3Gb download limit, but allows to to browse even when exceeded and > blocks downloads between 4pm and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Philip Wyett
On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 21:17 +0100, Jon Taylor wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a > laptop and broadband dongle. We’ve (sort of) found a laptop that we’re > going to put Jaunty onto but I’d like to know if there are any ISP’s > we should look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-04 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 03/09/09 21:17, Jon Taylor wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a > laptop and broadband dongle. We’ve (sort of) found a laptop that we’re > going to put Jaunty onto but I’d like to know if there are any ISP’s we > should look at and also any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Graham Smith
Jon > I’m looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a > laptop and broadband dongle. We’ve (sort of) found a laptop that we’re going > to put Jaunty onto but I’d like to know if there are any ISP’s we should > look at and also any we should avoid? I found that the 3-mobile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Chris Rowson
>> Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not sure about the >> Vodaphone one though, as the field has developed so quickly, then the >> drivers aren't in Ubuntu yet for the most modern ones. > > The Vodafone K3565 works OK on Jaunty but I did need > to change some of the default settings in Ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Robert Longstaff
> Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not sure about the > Vodaphone one though, as the field has developed so quickly, then the > drivers aren't in Ubuntu yet for the most modern ones. The Vodafone K3565 works OK on Jaunty but I did need to change some of the default settings in Network Ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Tony Pursell
My wife's Vodaphone dongle just works when I plug it into my EEEPC running Jaunty 9.04. We bought it about six months ago and still have £12 of the inclusive £15 left. In Windows you get a desktop app which gives you information about useage, connection speed, etc, which you don't get in Lin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Matt Jones
If he is only going to use it a small amount, then Vodafone offer the best deal, top up £15 for 1GB. Then use it until it runs out. With everyone else, your 1GB of data only lasts 30days, even if you haven't used it all. Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not sure about the Vodaphone one t

[ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Jon Taylor
Hi all, I'm looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a laptop and broadband dongle. We've (sort of) found a laptop that we're going to put Jaunty onto but I'd like to know if there are any ISP's we should look at and also any we should avoid? Also are there issues with don