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Hi Steve,

Will contact you off list.

Rgds
Sam


On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Steve Kirtley <steve.kirtley at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Evening folks,
> I've just purchased a Orange Options USB 3G thingamebob (Option Icon 225
> in
> more techy jargon) as a fall back for when I can't get to a wifi
> service/not
> at home/on hols etc.
>
> I've only used it briefly since finding the OSX modem scripts for it, but
> so
> far it seems a bit on the unstable side... I can be browsing (impressively
> quickly I must admit) then it just dies off, shows as connected but no
> data
> flows. Now given I was sat in the same spot at home while doing this test,
> and the network signal is showing as full (with HSDPA/3G+ available) I
> can't
> imagine this is coverage related...
>
> I have had a brief chat with Orange's Business Tech people who just got
> very
> scared that it wasn't Windows XP or Vista that I was using. Tried to tell
> me
> that they don't support macs with this device (despite their website being
> my source of the driver/manager software) and made various other grunts
> like
> I was practicing voodoo. To conclude the call they told me it was probably
> because my sim was only activated today...
>
> It's ironic that I bought Orange as I used to work for them when 3G first
> launched - but their package was good (for unlimited data) and I just
> assumed 3G has been around long enough to just work by now...
>
> Anyone else using this device - or similar? I'm wondering whether to
> return
> it and try a different network / device / solution, or whether this is
> just
> the way these things go and I'm expecting too much reliability.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
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