On 23/09/12 11:48, Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Given my eyesight, I’ve never had to worry too much about smartphones or
> mobile broadband but a monster train journey shortly is about to change
> all of that so I need to know (by Tuesday if poss!) what kit I need.
>
> I have about 7 hours on a train on Tueday and need web access while
> doing so. Thus far, I only have access to a Toshiba satellite laptop
> running Ubuntu. In theory, I think all I need is [1] a usb dongle from
> argos or somewhere similar and I’m away. But I have several questions:
>
> 1)Will a high street dongle work with Linux?
>
> 2)If so – I don’t want to do any sort of contract – I want to just pay
> £20 for some sort of 1Gb limit and chuck it away post use – do these
> things still exist?
>
> 3)How good are these things really? Say I wanted to catch up on
> something on iplayer in between faffing about with spread sheets for
> work – is this really feasible on a fast moving train?
>
> 4)Said laptop is 2009 vintage and I’ve been thinking of getting a new
> one – is it worthwhile buying a 3G laptop?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
> [1]
> http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5491047/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/2%7C14418968%7CMobile+broadband%7C16527170.htm#pdpFullProductInformation
>
>
>
Hi Rob
I don't know about high street dongles in general - I bought a Vodafone
one from Amazon a while back, and Vodafone produce a decent Linux
connection manager for their dongles [1]. Mine came with £15 credit on
it, and I still have over £10 left, without topping up. If you look out
for a dongle to use with Vodafone you'll probably be OK - I don't know
about any other network operators
[1]
http://developer.vodafone.com/labs/
Ian Park
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