Verizon cellular access & Ubuntu

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:08:44 -0400, Andy Graybeal wrote:

> Hi,
> I live in a reasonably unpopulated area, but we get pretty good Verizon
> coverage.  I'm looking to get Verizon internet service at home.  We use
> Ubuntu and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience and/or
> recommendations?
> 
> Would I expect to have a USB dongle peice of hardware?
> 
> I have a toshiba notebook at home that a friend gave to me because the
> screen died on it, it works great hooked up to a external monitor or
> headless. I plan on using this as our cellular gateway.
> 
> I look forward to moving away from dial-up modems.  My friend came over
> with his Droid w/ Verizon and we got a whopping 40K!   Beats 3-4K any
> day!
> 
> thanks,
> Andy

http://www.amazon.com/Novatel-Ovation-Broadband2Go-Prepaid-Virgin/product-reviews/B002VPUNKE/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFourStar
says about the Novatel Ovation MC760: "On Ubuntu Linux 10.4, this device
just plugs in and works."

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1535798 indicates it works on
the Verizon network.

http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/DT6VahOYPAOj8xvg2v17 :
"I just purchased a Novatel USB760 Modem from Verizon. It says on the
Verizon website that it is compatable with Linux"

So, from this information and the suggestions from others it seems you
have a lot of choice :)

Good luck!

    -Frans (who just read your latest message :) )