I've done a skype call over one of those USB modems before, i think the company was 3. I've got to say it was pretty good, the skype call didn't drop out at all at any time, very impressive for such a small device. I've also heard that you can go and get your own wireless USB modem and just use one of the ISPs accounts instead of buying/renting one of their usb modems.
Now i was on my macbook at the time but i had installed win XP on it because it was pretty much plug and play like that - as for plugging one of those modems into a linux box I wouldn't say that a plug and play option would be impossible to find but i'd recommend doing some research to see what works and how to get it working, plug and play, doing a kernel mod etc... On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:44 PM, j blrown <gonz...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from > either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond. > > I just want it to use in addition to my ADSL Broadband connection, and > will use it with either my Laptop or Netbook. > > I'm running Ubuntu in one form or another, from 8.10 to 9.04. > > Any advice Pros/Cons re the above providers and their supplied modems? > > I've had no experience with wireless connectivity. > > Thanks > > Bill > -- > j blrown > gonz...@fastmail.fm > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
