[Fsf-friends] Why internet data cards are not available for laptops which work on GNU/Linux?

[Anoop]

I am using Tata Photon Plus Hardy Heron and works perfectly.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Satish Babu <sb.inapp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using both the Airtel USB Data device and the BSNL EV-DO. I am
> also aware the Tata Photon Plus can be made to work with Hardy with a
> bit of tweaking.
>
> The Airtel device is auto-recognized by Hardy, and is zero-config.
>
> In many cases, these devices can be made to work with GNU/Linux as
> generic modems, even while there is no explicit support from the
> vendor.
>
> satish
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Krishnakant <krmane at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 15:22 +0530, Arky wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Yeah, they insist that datacards don't work with linux. Reliance
> Netconnect USB card does work with linux, you find information here.
> >>
> >>
> >> Reliance Netconnect USB card on Linux Howto -
> http://thejeshgn.com/2008/01/12/reliance-netconnect-usb-card-on-linux-howto/
> >>
> >> Reliance Netconnect USB card in Ubuntu Jaunty -
> http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/04/reliance-netconnect-usb-card-in-ubuntu.html
> >
> > I use a tata internet datacard and with a wvdial.conf and the wvdial
> > command, it works perfectly.
> >
> > Happy hacking.
> > Krishnakant.
> >
> >
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