Re: ppp strangeness

[Marc Herbert <Marc Herbert gmail com>]

Rick Jones a écrit :
> --On Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:43:57 -0400 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> 
> wrote:
>> .....
>> Your specific problem could be a firmware issue, it could be bad 2G
>> signal coverage at your location, it could be network provider issues
>> between your home network (3) and the roaming network, anything.
> 
> I suspect it's an issue between 3 and Orange. It's weird, the staff at 3, 
> both in shops and the call-centre, don't even acknowledge that their 
> devices work on 2G at all, they always insist they're a "3G only company". 
> It was an independent retailer who assured me they did, using other 
> carriers, and said 3 had the best service. Only after poking around with 
> the modem did I find that it will only roam to Orange, the other UK 
> carriers are barred. 

I do not know about data, but a friend of mine recently had its 3 phone
returned for repair, so he used a 2G phone instead for a while: 3's 2G phone
coverage in London is practically non-existent.