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 sure about the Vodaphone one though, as the field has developed so quickly, then the drivers aren't in Ubuntu yet for the most modern ones. Do you have a link to the laptop? Matt. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Jon Taylor<jonptay...@btinternet.com> 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 we should avoid? > > Also are there issues with dongles and Ubuntu or is it going to be plain > sailing? Please bear in mind that this is going to be for a recently retired > person who has only ever had MS OS’s so he definitely won’t understand > terminal or other technical stuff. I’ll probably be the one setting it all > up for him. > > I’d be really grateful for any advice and/or warnings of potential hazards. > > Thanks > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon Taylor > > 1st Choice Bathrooms > > j...@1stchoicebathrooms.co.uk > > www.1stchoicebathrooms.co.uk > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly > > confidential and are solely for the recipient(s) at the e-mail > > address(es) above. If you are not an addressee, you may not disclose, > > distribute, copy or use this e-mail, please delete it and all copies of > > it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the > > sender. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any > > mistransmission. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > > distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the > intended recipient. > > 1st Choice Bathrooms accepts no legal liability for the contents of > > this e-mail including any errors, interception or interference, as > > internet communications are not secure. Whilst 1st Choice Bathrooms > > and/or the sender have taken every precaution to prevent transmission > > of computer viruses, should this inadvertently occur we do not accept > > any liability, you are advised to take your own steps to ensure that > > you are protected against malicious communications. Any attachments are > opened at your own risk. > > We may monitor all e-mails sent to or from this or any other office of > > the firm for compliance with our internal policies. No contractual > > relationship is created by this e-mail by any person or company unless > > specifically indicated otherwise by agreement in writing via means other > than e-mail. > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
