[Hampshire] Vodafone USB dongle and wvdial

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Author: NeilS
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To: hampshire
Subject: [Hampshire] Vodafone USB dongle and wvdial
Hello everyone,

Does anyone the list have any experience with the Vodafone pay-monthly
dongle and the wvdial package? Before I sign up for one, was it
straightforward to get working or are there any show stoppers?

For what its worth, I want to use it for a remote monitoring station
which will be based around a TP-Link TL-WR703N running the OpenWRT
distro and some USB sensors. I am expecting data requirements to be
moderately low and after a bit of searching I think Vodafone's £3 for
250MB per month contract with a £19 upfront fee for the dongle works out
most cost effective. Of course, any advice on cheaper deals would be
much appreciated. (I have looked at using prepaid 3G or GPRS via an old
phone, but it appears all the best deals are time limited and the
Vodafone contract wins out after the first few months.)

Many thanks,

Neil

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