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