[clug] Choice of (two) 3G modems?

[Jack Kelly]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Brad Hards<bradh at frogmouth.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looked around for a 3G broadband wireless modem thingy.
>
> The best (most sane, as long as you don't "roam") option for my usage looks
> like the three/vodaphone prepaid option.
>
> The modem options are Huawei E160G and ZTE MF627. Internet searching says
> "probably" for both on Linux, but I'd like to know if anyone has tried them
> (ideally on three/vodaphone) with a recent-ish linux distro.

Hello fellow sentient,

I think my dad's got the vodaphone huawei one. Not sure if it's the
exact same, but I plugged it into a machine with a fairly recent
ubuntu install and networkmanager discovered it with minimal fuss.

-- Jack