Re: Need 3G Modem/Router Info...

soonleong wong <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.singapore
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I am been using Sapido GR1100 for mobile broadband router, see
http://www.sapido.com.tw/EN/product_3.5g.htm. I bought it from Bizgram, 5th
floor Sim Lim Square.

Cheers,
SL Wong.


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Anand Vaidya <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> I am still in the dark ages of using Singtel broadband over the phone
>> line,
>> and the occassional Wireless@SG. So for those enlightened folks on the
>> list
>> who are already on Mobile broadband, I have a few questions:
>>
>> - My objective is to send SMS from a linux machine and use data traffic
>>  (~
>> 300MB/mo). I don't want an expensive subscription, pay per usage is fine.
>>
>> - I don't mind paying for the hardware. Choices are USB modems (many
>> problems?) or Mobile Broadband routers : Having "enjoyed" poor service
>> from
>> Singtel, I will not do any further business with them, so I checked M1 and
>> found that they have two broadband router products:
>>
>
> My own answer to a similar problem is:
> - retain wired broadband, cos wired performance >> wireless performance
> - send sms using scripted interaction with the starhubgee website (see
> starhubGeeSms on http://autosms.uuuq.com)
> - use Wireless@SGx where available
> - leverage on my mobile phone's 3G broadband (I'm using joikuspot with my
> symbian-based phone to share its 3G connection over wifi - similar software
> exist with other phone OS)  So I'm currently paying ~ $5/mth for the 10 mths
> in the year that 10MB of traffic suffices, which comes in handy for all
> those times where a notebook is not necessary or available.  It's also
> capped at ~ $30/mth for the rare cases where I do need more traffic (eg,
> when I'm stuck in camp serving my reservist duties).
>
>
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