[PLUG] Verizon 4G or 3G USB devices and Ubuntu
Alex Young
alexander.young at gmail.com
Tue Feb 8 21:05:35 UTC 2011
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Daniel Herrington <
dherrington at robertmarktech.com> wrote:
> I use a Verizon usb dongle (USB727) on my laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) when
> traveling. Not sure if that's 3G or not. I think it's pretty good. I've
> only had connection issues once in a high rise in Chicago. It's fast
> enough for web surfing, email, and iso downloads. I haven't tried to
> streaming movies on it, but based on the iso downloads (dvd in about an
> hour to hour and a half) I don't think speed is that bad.
>
>
I'd second the good experiences with Verizon dongles; I've used a USB760
quite a bit with the same caveat of having to activate it in Windows the
first time.
I tested a 3G USB key from AT&T and found that it's linux support was quite
lacking, I wish I remembered the modle number so you could avoid it, but I
sadly do not. Obviously YMMV depending on what's out there now.
Alex Young
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