Optus wireless broadband

[Dave Hall]

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 10:44 +1000, glenn murray wrote:
> 
> 
> The approaching closure of telstra's ISDN home network will cause
> problems for those of us in regional Australia who have no access to
> adsl and are unwilling to submit to the vagaries and cost of satellite.
> 
> Has anyone successfully used Optus Wireless Broadband with Ubuntu?
> If so, what particular Optus modem is compatible?

I haven't, but I may soon be using it.  

Based on my research they ship the Hauwei E169 (also used by 3), which
does work with a couple of udev hacks.  Most of the new Optus network
outside major centres uses the 900Mhz band, so the E220 will be useless.
An added bonus with the E169 is that they can take an external
directional antenna if you need a better signal.  HTH

Cheers

Dave