[ale] Wireless Broadband

[Andrew Grieser]

Jim,

Thanks for the response, In looking around I've actually been surprised at the number of cards that seem to "just work".

Unfortunately, as I dig farther into this, it looks like the service plans aren't quite what I was expecting. The typical TOS I've found is that the service can only be used for "simple" web viewing and email. Meaning no streaming video (youtube etc), no ssh, no irc etc. They are pretty explicit that your service will be terminated for any violation of this. Have you run into any issues with this?

I'd be interested in seeing your setup, if you're going to stop by the Nov. 8 meeting.

Andrew


> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:02:17 -0500
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Wireless Broadband
> To: ale at ale.org
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> I have the usb card for Verizon. It "Just Works" (tm) with Fedora 9. All I
> had to do was enter the phone number of the account and it connects readily.
> 
> Now if only the Verizon service was reliable....
> 
> I have also used the older pcmcia card and it to worked quite well. I
> changed only because of a promised faster connection. I don't see a
> difference.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Andrew Grieser <agrieser at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I am looking to get a wireless broadband card / service for my laptop, but
> > wanted to know how the linux support was. Does anyone have any advice on
> > hardware, or on service providers?
> >
> > I don't know much about wireless broadband, so feel free to throw your $.02
> > in.
> >
> > Andrew
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