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Rob Beard wrote: > Simon Avery wrote: >> Keith Menadue wrote: >> >> Backup connection >>> Dial up modems >> Talking of which, read the small print on one of those USB mobile sticks >> that are in the sunday papers, figured it would be handy to have if the >> adsl went down again. (I'm very rural, lots of overhead between here and >> the exchange) >> >> £10/month >> 1GB cap. >> Exceed the cap and extra bandwidth charged at £1/MB >> >> Inadvertently download a double sided DVD ISO and you're looking at a >> bill of around seven thousand pounds by my reckoning. >> >> Something clenched when I read that and I decided not to get one... >> Do these USB mobile sticks actually work with Linux. I ask as I would like to use one with my little Asus eee Laptop when we are travelling. John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html