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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Thanasis Papakonstantinou [mailto:athpap@×××××.com] |
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Sent: 23 September 2005 04:35 |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB modem |
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A. Khattri wrote: |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Michael Kintzios wrote: |
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Googling around once you set your eyes on a particular USB modem usually |
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provides some useful clues. |
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Also reading /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/acm.txt might be useful. |
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i found this list |
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http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/g/gromitkc/usblist.html |
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it is very interesting. Internet is full of resources. |
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Unfortunately i couldn't find any of those modems, in Greece. Anyway i |
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am not despaired yet, since in 5 days i am going to UK for studies, and |
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i hope that ther i could something that suites me |
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[MK] You will probably find that an average user in the UK will readily |
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opt for an ADSL connection, rather than a dialup. There's a few |
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companies that offer PayAsYouGo deals, or quite cheap 1Mb, or 2Mb |
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uncapped connections (say from £10 to £13 per month). Have a look at |
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http://www.net4now.com/ for a selection, but be careful with the small |
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print (some of them want a 24 month contract!). The dialup is still |
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good for occasional light users e.g. checking your pop mail every couple |
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of days and downloading small files/attachments. As soon as you start |
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downloading music, or large files with study material from your |
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University's website you'll rack up a painful bill. On the other hand |
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your Uni's computers are for free and so should be the 8Mb pipe that |
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usually comes with it! The catch is that the lot would be sitting |
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behind a firewall/proxy filter, which I would expect it to be quite |
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restrictive on downloadable content. Wait till you see what's available |
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when you land in the ol'Blighty. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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