I can&#39;t speak for the Virgin dongle, but the only way you&#39;d get at the SIM card in my Vodafone 3G dongle would be with a hammer! It&#39;s a sealed plastic thingy. I&#39;ve not tried using it abroad but I&#39;d imagine one of these outcomes:<br>
<br> - it doesn&#39;t work in the slightest<br> - they charge you hundreds of pounds per byte of data (I may exaggerate but you get the idea).<br><br>Of course you mileage may vary!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Pete<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 25 June 2010 15:38, Chris G <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I&#39;ve just ordered mobile broadband from Virgin for my wife to use with<br>
her laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) when on the move.  It comes with an Alcatel<br>
X220 USB dongle.  Does anyone here use one (same or similar), if so a<br>
couple of questions:-<br>
<br>
    What are the chances of it working &#39;out of the box&#39;?  The Alcatel<br>
    X220 says it has Linux support.  If not then any ideas where to go<br>
    to find useful information?  (I&#39;ve done some Googling and have<br>
    some ideas but more is always useful)<br>
<br>
    I&#39;m assuming there&#39;s a SIM in the dongle because we want to use it<br>
    in Belgium as well and I&#39;m hoping all I need to do is buy a mobile<br>
    broadband SIM there and stick it in the dongle.  Am I right?  Is<br>
    there some initialisation/configuring needed to activate the SIM?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Chris Green<br>
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