3 Mobile Broadband / ZTE modem

For all:

The modems are all now free on all 3MBB packages, except for 1GB/12
months (£49) and PAYG (£99).


Existing 3 customers:

3 stores are offering half price line rental on contracts. So £5/month
for 1GB, £7.50/month for 3GB, and half of whatever the 7GB tariff is for
that. The discount lasts for as long as the minimum term you sign for.
It's not advertised; you need to go and ask.


For clever people:

I ended up with the ZTE MF622 modem (no E220s left in my nearest store).
Is there a way of having Internet Connect (on my Mac) dial it directly?
The software dialler maintains a constant 5% CPU requirement, which
isn't ideal when on battery.


For very clever people:

Any Linux drivers for this that anyone knows of? I'm thinking of getting
an Eee PC...


(Of course, I'm sure there'd be many people (such as owners of black
laptops) who would happily swap an E220 for an MF622!)


Many thanks!

FS.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:25:43 +0000, "faderstart@live.co.uk"
<faderstart@live.co.uk> wrote:

>I ended up with the ZTE MF622 modem (no E220s left in my nearest store).
>
>For very clever people:
>
>Any Linux drivers for this that anyone knows of? I'm thinking of getting
>an Eee PC...

I looked into this before buying my Huawei E220 and the MF622 looked
difficult to drive from Linux at the time. The position may have
changed since then.

Incidentally, the Eee PC supports the E220 "out of the box" - no
additional software or even setting up required. It just works.

Mike.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:25:14 +0000, Mike wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:25:43 +0000, "faderstart@live.co.uk"
> <faderstart@live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I ended up with the ZTE MF622 modem (no E220s left in my nearest store).
>>
>>For very clever people:
>>
>>Any Linux drivers for this that anyone knows of? I'm thinking of getting
>>an Eee PC...
>
> I looked into this before buying my Huawei E220 and the MF622 looked
> difficult to drive from Linux at the time. The position may have
> changed since then.

I've got the E220 working with Mandriva. Used the Mandriva Control Centre
to set it up, and off it went.

Chris

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:25:43 +0000, faderstart@live.co.uk wrote:

> For all:
>
> The modems are all now free on all 3MBB packages, except for 1GB/12
> months (£49) and PAYG (£99).
>
>
> Existing 3 customers:

Any '3' customer? I recently bought a '3' PAYG SIM, but other than doing
a test I haven't been using it. Would I be eligible?

Chris

On Mar 16, 4:25*pm, "faderst...@live.co.uk" <faderst...@live.co.uk>
wrote:
> For all:
>
> The modems are all now free on all 3MBB packages, except for 1GB/12
> months (£49) and PAYG (£99).
>
> Existing 3 customers:
>
> 3 stores are offering half price line rental on contracts. So £5/month
> for 1GB, £7.50/month for 3GB, and half of whatever the 7GB tariff is for
> that. The discount lasts for as long as the minimum term you sign for.
> It's not advertised; you need to go and ask.
>
> For clever people:
>
> I ended up with the ZTE MF622 modem (no E220s left in my nearest store).
> Is there a way of having Internet Connect (on my Mac) dial it directly?
> The software dialler maintains a constant 5% CPU requirement, which
> isn't ideal when on battery.
>
> For very clever people:
>
> Any Linux drivers for this that anyone knows of? I'm thinking of getting
> an Eee PC...
>
> (Of course, I'm sure there'd be many people (such as owners of black
> laptops) who would happily swap an E220 for an MF622!)
>
> Many thanks!
>
> FS.

The above should read "half priice" for existing customers wantng a
second modem

> Any Linux drivers for this that anyone knows of? I'm thinking of getting
> an Eee PC...

I'm posting this using an MF622 with Debian Etch. You'll need a piece
of software called 'usb_modeswitch' (google for it), but once that's
installed it works with the standard serial port driver.