[ale] USB 3G/4G Modems

[Boris Borisov]

I have Sprint 3G/4G USB modem Sierra. Works out of box with Linux. Used to
work when I got it from a guy. Today I've tried it but probably the account
is exhausted. Free stuff if you what it!


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:

> On 11/08/2013 02:44 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > I'm on Alibaba looking for a source of standard USB modems.  I see many
> > 3G/4G modems and now that I have a plan with Verizon that allows me to
> > attach a device (for a fee) to the shared data plan I'm tempted to try
> one.
> >
> > Anyone doing this?  Are there certain chipsets I should be looking for?
>
> I poked around a bit a year or so ago and ended up with a Pantech UML290
> bought from Amazon.  I had to pass it through to a Windows VM one time
> to update its firmware and activate w/ Verizon, but I otherwise use it
> directly with pppd in my gentoo laptop.
>
> I'd be happy to share my scripts if you pick it.
>
> Phil
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