I also had a period from 10.04 alpha2 of dark days with my 3g dongle, it works fine now :)
I think the best advice has already been given. Take the laptop into the shop & say that if it works, you'll consider buying it. As also mentioned, yup - when I do new installs the system recognises it as '3' and then just sorts it out. I also do NOT work for '3' and would have told people that we were having problems for a couple of releases. regards, Phill. On 2 August 2012 20:35, Bill B. <boo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 16:14 +0100, Adam Funk wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone would like to recommend any particular USB > > dongle internet hardware/services in the UK? I'm expecting to use it > > quite a bit for short periods, but only in the UK. Obviously it needs > > to be usable with Ubuntu! > > > > Thanks, > > Adam > > > > > > Adam, > re your request for recommended service provider as well as the > hardware... [this is my own experience] > > > I started with and have stuck with "3". > During 10.04 days their supplied dongle worked well. > > I have since been upgraded in both GByte allowance and supplied dongle. > > Verdict: > - the *original* dongle was good with bog standard 10.04. > - the *current* dongle *is* good with 12.04 [as in -out of the box] > > Be wary though, the original won't connect on 12.04, the latest won't > work on 10.04 [kernel drivers difference I think]. > > > If you are on 12.04 ensure [if you go with "3" as your service], that > the dongle is the E367 - if so - no probs... works out of the box. > > Overall - whichever of the two I used [whether at home or travelling > around] I never had any difficulty getting a reliable & fast [enough] > connection. > > [No - I do not work for "3" and have no reason to promote them - other > than the above facts]. > > Good luck whatever your choice. > > -- > Cheers, > Bill B. [SuperEngineer] > > ------------------------------ > -Registered Linux User 523667- > -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- > -----Free as in Freedom------ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > >
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