An additional point the may be of some use. I have now used the 3G internet access over two summers. I found the USB modem does not real like high temperatures. Under these conditions it slows way down. Asking around I have found this is a known problem with these. For the comming summer I am building a cooling unit consisting of a fan and a couple of peltier modules to keep the usb modem cool. The thing works great in winter though. For normal intenet access the service is great for any large downloads its WAY to expensive. For these I go into town to the intenet cafe, one can get 4 gig for 3 dollars there AND its fast, I can get 700 meg bytes (1 debian CD) in around 9 minutes. You can get the first 7 which is usually all one needs in around an hour. Lindsay