RE: Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?

I have read the thread with interest, there has been a great deal of information to glean, but minimal information about actually using such, and more particularly, no pointers to initialising under Linux rather than Windows or a Mac. It makes me think that I really need a 3G (or maybe 4G?)device that provides WiFi connection, or an ethernet port, rather than a USB device.

I regularly use my Android phone as a 3G modem, either wireless or tethered via USB depending on if I forgot my cable or not. It has the advantage that the phone can be on charge near a window to get good reception and I can be a short distance away where it is more comfortable :) James