j blrown 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?
My 3 pre-paid worked out of the box on Ubuntu 8.10
the problem was limited coverage.
It must have been easy because I can't remember what i had to do, except that it
utilised settings in the network manager. There were definitely no special
installs/drivers/kernel stuff.
One small problem, if you run out of credit on a prepaid.. you need a connected
computer to recharge. Not sure why, or if it was just me.
David.
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