Russell Coker writes:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:37:17 PM zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:52:30 Piers Rowan said,
Have you tested it in a typical device - phone/tablet?
No, I do not have anything (I can find) to test it on, I do have another USB 3G modem I cannot at the moment find it. I do not (and never will have) a mobile phone.
The typical price for a 3G Wifi device is $49. New Android phones that can act as a Wifi AP start at $119 on Kogan and you could get one on ebay for less.
Now I am not trying to be a pain here, but I live in an isolated area and for various reasons I will _____NOT_____ use paypal. The problem with my location is the ___ONLY___ firms that will deliver to to my home are Australia Post and Midland freight (a local freight company). These two things effectively cuts out most (not all) internet sales sites. Note: I do purchase items remotely but I have to pick the firms.
If you use an Android phone as a Wifi AP then you can do lots of diagnostics on the phone that can't really be done on a dedicated 3G Wifi device.
When I have to provide temporary 3G Internet access for a client (usually when they stop paying for the "unused" phone line) I install an Android phone in their office. Then when something goes wrong I can talk them through diagnosing it on the phone.
Would not that then be classed as a phone service and charged as such. As far as I understand a mobile service used solely as internet access in a remote area is not classed as a phone service, and is not charged as such. My current broadband charge is relatively small.
Looking at the data comming back it looks like the connection reachs the Bendigo Telco servers and these are sending back a SIGHUP (a hangup signal). My current theory is the optus network must be sending an incorrect id to the Bendigo servers, which means a faulty sim. The problem is of course they do not support Linux and are blaming that, and I cannot try it on windows as the dongle is no longer switched to the mode windows requires it in (Note 1). For various reasons including I am not sure how to do it, I do not want to switch it back.
Why don't you just borrow an Android phone from someone to test the SIM?
All though I have been a technician for years I have never had a mobile phone and neither has any of my local contacts, so I class this as not possible.
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I have found three dongles I could get no problems unfortunately none of them have drivers in the Linux kernel, mobile broadband seems to be getting all to hard. I will have to consider the situation. I have been told around mid next year NBN via satelite will be availible around here, it will be no problem to hold out till then. :-( I will have to think about it.................... Lindsay