Mobile Broadband


'kollau' said:
Hm, just got the E160. Hopefully there will be some way to get online :)
Just tried an E160 on the Pandora, it seems to work exactly the same as the E220 with one important difference. It is a native USB2 high-speed device so no need for a hub. Just plug it in and away you go.

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usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 2
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1003
usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
usb 1-2: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 3
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb-storage: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5
usb-storage: probe of 1-2:1.1 failed with error -5
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
usb-storage: device scan complete
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1003
usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
usb 1-2: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
option 1-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
option 1-2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
option: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.2
sr0: scsi-1 drive
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
ISOFS: changing to secondary root


A few quick checks to confirm all is found as expected...

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root@omap3-pandora:~# netm-cli -l
GSM Devices:
ttyUSB0:
Udi: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1003_noserial_if0_serial_usb_0
Driver: option
Capabilities:
- Supported
State: Disconnected
Managed: True
IP config:
No IP settings found


I can't fully test this right now as I am pretty sure my E160 is sim locked and I can't seem to find my Virgin Mobile data sim anywhere. I'll update when I know for sure it all connects.
 
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I'm new to this, can you pay for the use of mobile broadband by the gigabyte? Instead of paying a monthly fee, could you just pay for say 5gb of traffic and once you've used it, that's it? It's something I would rarely use but it would be nice to have. A quick google and it seems that it's all pay by the month.
 
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'clippa' said:
I'm new to this, can you pay for the use of mobile broadband by the gigabyte? Instead of paying a monthly fee, could you just pay for say 5gb of traffic and once you've used it, that's it? It's something I would rarely use but it would be nice to have. A quick google and it seems that it's all pay by the month.
Well, I'm in Spain and I use Simyo, which offers good internet prices here. So you have 2 options with them: Either a monthly fee of 25€ + 16% VAT for 5GB and when you pass that limit you don't pay more but the speed drops down to 128kb/s and the other option is to pay for the data transference.

The pay per use costs 9cts/Mb until you reach 11MB on a single day; then the cost freezes at 99cts until you transfer more than 100MB during that day, then it starts costing again 9cts/Mb from there. Also, there is a monthly limit, where you never pay more than 5€ (+16%) if you haven't transferred more than 500Mb in that month. If you do transfer more, the same tarification system start applying once more, starting with the 11Mb/100Mb day limits, with the top of 5€ every chunk of 500Mb. E.g. If some month you transfer around 900Mb you'd probably end paying 10€ (But I never pay more than 5€ (+16%), because I only use it to browse, email, read forums like this one, and news sites and it's hard to reach the 500Mb limit)
 
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