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Revision as of 09:49, 21 December 2011

UMTS is fast mobile broadband. It is faster than GSM, GPRS, EDGE and almost as fast as HSDPA. For more information on what it is, see wikipedia's article.

Hardware

To find out if you have a UMTS modem and your kernel recognizes it, use the command

hwinfo --modem --short

Connecting

article distribution software carrier country hardware
Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4 SUSE 11.4 NetWorkManager VodaPhOne Germany Otelo USB SurfsTick
Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.0 SUSE 11.0 umtsmon O2 Germany Fonic USB SurfsTick

List of APNs

Germany

  • D1: internet.t-mobile.de
  • D2, otelo/Vodaphone: event.otelo.de
  • E2, Fonic/O2: pinternet.interkom.de