I can't speak for the Virgin dongle, but the only way you'd get at the SIM card in my Vodafone 3G dongle would be with a hammer! It's a sealed plastic thingy. I've not tried using it abroad but I'd imagine one of these outcomes:
- it doesn't work in the slightest - they charge you hundreds of pounds per byte of data (I may exaggerate but you get the idea).
Of course you mileage may vary!
Cheers, Pete
On 25 June 2010 15:38, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
I've just ordered mobile broadband from Virgin for my wife to use with her laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) when on the move. It comes with an Alcatel X220 USB dongle. Does anyone here use one (same or similar), if so a couple of questions:-
What are the chances of it working 'out of the box'? The Alcatel X220 says it has Linux support. If not then any ideas where to go to find useful information? (I've done some Googling and have some ideas but more is always useful)
I'm assuming there's a SIM in the dongle because we want to use it in Belgium as well and I'm hoping all I need to do is buy a mobile broadband SIM there and stick it in the dongle. Am I right? Is there some initialisation/configuring needed to activate the SIM?
-- Chris Green
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