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Linux Support for Wireless Laptop Internet?

Posted by Cliff on from the portable-penguins-w/-no-wires dept.

scubacuda asks: "I'm looking for a good "all you can eat" cellular data plan for my laptop. So far, I've looked into T-mobile, Earthlink, and Verizon's wireless Internet options. Any suggestions on price, availability, and speed? The real kicker for me is Linux support, which, I've been told by all three companies, is NOT available. (Any and all hacks would be greatly appreciated!)" This particular market is still in a great degree of flux, especially with landscape-changing deals like the AT&T/Cingular merger going on in the background and issue of going for cellular or WiFi connectivity service. Are there any wireless carriers that you've been able to get working on a Linux laptop? If so, what did you have to do to attain your wireless laptop nirvana?

11 of 243 comments (clear)

  1. OT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    slightly off topic, but what happened to the firefox NYT ad?? I put in 10 bucks damnit!!

  2. Re:Support!! by atari2600 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That wasn't overrated you stupid mod - that was my fricking Karma bonus - you asshole. Go ahead mod me down. I earn more than you do.

  3. support eh? by intranetsupport · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HEY there's this great program out there that solves all issues of lack of Linux support or whatnot... ITS CALLED WINDOWS!!!!! go get it boys and girls...

  4. Choose Verizon! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Please choose Verizon. Among the 3 companies mentioned in the grandparent article, only Verizon is certain to be unionized. Supporting the unions is important because they help to protect jobs and to prevent them from being offshored to India, China, or Mexico.

    Earthlink is associated with Fry's Electronics. It is not unionized and tends to hire only Indians or Chinese.

    I do not have much information about T-mobile.

    Just go with Verizon. It is good, and it keeps jobs in America.

    1. Re:Choose Verizon! by greenmars · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Verizon Wireless is non-union.

  5. Support has two P's by [cx] · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate you!

  6. Give Verizon a Try! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Verizon is a good company that keeps jobs in the USA and does not send them to places like China. Definitely, go with Verizon.

  7. Re:Here are my experiences! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm a Canadian

    I'm sorry to hear that.

  8. Suport? by dingDaShan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Suport me in my quest to make the english language even more less intelligible...

  9. at&t wireless by nyquil+superstar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm actually using a SonyEriccson GC83 with AT&T Wireless (soon to be Cingular Wireless) to post this right now. I can't comment on its Linux compatability (on Win2k w/ the work laptop), but I doubt it works because it seems to require this strange AT&T software (which is actually pretty nice, let's you control VPN connections eand everything form inside it). Overall the service is pretty quick; I get sustained d/l rates of about 20k per second. Latency seems pretty high though, although I don't have any numbers to back this up. It's about $70/month for unlimited data. Good luck!

  10. FreeBSD by Big+Jason · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm able to connect to T-Mobile's GPRS service in FreeBSD 5.3. It's about as fast as a 56k modem, but it works well when you have little choice. The FreeBSD Handbook has a nifty Bluetooth section which among other things explains how to use the Dial-Up Networking service profile.