Hello Andrew, On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 07:26 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi Mark,
The best solution for mobile data services using USB modems (3G or 4G) is to have a device running DD-WRT or similar as your "modem/router" .. but with the USB stick providing the modem part. Then you are back to only needing a wired connection to the router and/or wireless using standard WiFi.
Interesting, did not know that such devices had a USB port. Still a question on activation, whether possible under Linux, or whether still requires a Windows PC, optionally a Mac as an alternative. Were the activation to be done by a Perl script, with Perl being provided for Windows, then would be possible on almost any computer.
If Telstra wasn't so hell bent on milking every consumer [of any type] for as much as they can and if they cared about keeping our network up to world standards without super premium pricing, well .. I might be able to support them. Whilst they continue to extort far too much for their product, they don't deserve ANY support and will remain the last bastion of hope for those unfortunate enough to actually need to rely upon them.
Telstra are not good, but the rest are the same. As to network maintenance, investment and the like, Jackboot Johnny was hell bent on privatisation. As a Government monopoly, it was suboptimal, privatised and with competition, it has gone a long way backwards, lining executive pockets along the way. Regards, Mark Trickett