BT Mobile Broadband no more bundles

Worth a punt on here as had a circular discussion with advisor on the phone (very nice about it, but not going anywhere).
Got BT mobile broadband when I signed up to my current home BB package, worked great. Not been away from home for a while, so not used it for a while. Came to use it this month and it's not working. Check online and my bill and notice no bundle has been added.
Advisor told me that the 'free' bundles where only for 18 months (I'm on an 18 month package apparently). Not quite explained to me that way when I signed up, but let's roll with it. My view is this is part of my package, after all I'm still paying the same amount, my home BB still works the same, what does it matter if I've gone over the 'magic' 18 month mark?
If that's the way it is, then fine. But something BT may want to review as, in my case at least, I've gone from a customer quite content to sit and pay my bill to BT monthly. Happy with the package I've got. To someone who's off to look at the BB comparison websites with an eye to move to another provide if there are better deals (which let's face it, there probably are).

Hi PepJr.
There are better deals, and if as you say your 18month contract is up, now is the time to get one of the better deals.
Sit down, decide what you want , lower payments/free months/new hub/mobile broadband etc etc, then Give them a call and renegotiate a new contract.
You might not get all you want, be polite but firm and you might come away with a good deal.
BT are no different to any other company, your a sitting customer. The deals go to new customers and to out of contract customers.
toekneem
http://www.no2nuisancecalls.net
(EASBF)

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Solved!
Go to Solution.

FiOs certainly offers much higher speeds than Mobile Broadband, especially on the uplink side. In addition FiOs probably has considerable capacity for growth. The bandwidth (and consequently capacity) for Mobile Broadband is more limited, and as more and more high speed mobile devices make larger and larger demands on the Mobile Telephone networks, network congestion isn't a matter of if, it is when and how bad.
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Hauwei E156B Mobile Broadband USB Driver/Installation File

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Hi all,
Just got my X201 with a Gobi 2000 card inside. Since I live outside the US I was never really sure how it would work outside the AT&T and Verizon networks. Even after I received the Thinkpad it was not very easy to find information about how to set it up, so I thought I would post it here - I am sure someone is looking for it...
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pergranath wrote:
For the record, you just need the APN, the Username and the Password.
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ASA 5505 VPN and Sprint Mobile Broadband clients.

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Have you enabled NAT Traversal? (Both on the Client and ASA)
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_tech_note09186a00807e0aca.shtml#Solution1
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Can't connect to mobile broadband using the Ericsson MBM F3705g

Hello,
I am able to connect to the Three.co.uk mobile broadband using a Huawei E156G modem but when I try to slot the sim card in my Ericsson MBM F3705g, which is incorporated to my laptop, I can't get it to work
[16:40:20][root@phusis]
[/home/lcoumetou]Arch64# cu -l /dev/ttyACM0
Connected.
OK
AT+CFUN=1
ERROR [b]It looks like I cannot turn on the phone but it still seems to work with the following commands :? :?[/b]
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","three.co.uk"
OK
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
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CONNECT
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NO CARRIER
cu: Got hangup signal
Disconnected.
[18:56:14][lcoumetou@phusis]
[~]Arch64$ cat /etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
New PPPD = yes
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem Type = USB Modem
#[Dialer PIN]
#Init1 = AT+CPIN=
[Dialer signal]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
#Init1 = AT+CSQ
Init1 = AT+COPS?
[Dialer gps]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM2
Init1 = AT*E2GPSCTL=1,2,1
Init2 = AT*E2GPSNPD
[Dialer on]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Init1 = AT+CFUN=1
[Dialer off]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Init1 = AT+CFUN=4
[Dialer connect]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM1
Init1 = AT
Init2 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","three.co.uk"
Init3 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Baud = 460800
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = three
Username = three
[18:41:33][lcoumetou@phusis]
[~]Arch64$ wvdial connect
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: AT
AT
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","three.co.uk"
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","three.co.uk"
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
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CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
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--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages
for more information.
--> Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 5 seconds
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
cat /var/log/messages
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM1
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: CHAP authentication succeeded: Congratulation
s!
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: LCP terminated by peer
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: Modem hangup
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: Connection terminated.
Apr 26 18:36:45 phusis pppd[6263]: Exit.
I tried everything I could think of so any help/idea will be more than welcome!
Thank
Ludo
Edit: Added more logs
Last edited by Coume (2009-04-26 17:59:21)

I am just starting out trying to install ARCH with ONLY an e156 USB 3G modem.... Sorry I can't suggest anything. And, I am asking if you could help me by posting you code for ppp.
I wish to connect with JUST ppp/pppd as it is all I will have in a base install. Not with wvdial. just ppp
can you let me know exactly what you did with the e156 to get running on ARCH with ppp?
Last edited by yvonney (2009-07-16 21:19:41)

Novatel Mobile Broadband Drivers - how do I manually uninstall them?

I am using Windows 7 and the Mifi 2200. I have tried to uninstall the Novatel Mobile Broadband drives through the control panel, but it doesn't work. Does anyone know how to manually remove those drivers from my computer? Thank you.

Actually, sometimes Win 7 will leave the driver/software in the Programs & Features list if there are multiple drivers, etc. with one install. Such as VZAccess Manager and Mobile Broadband Generic Drivers.
More than likely if you had restarted the system and went back to the list you more than likely would've seen them removed. What error is the VZAccess Manager/MIFI giving upon the install?
Most times it will uninstall the software but not remove it from the list of Programs so you likely don't have anything to worry about.
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6. Restart the computer, (Not shutdown)
7. Upon restart go to Start Control Panel, Internet Options. Click on the "Connections" tab, verify there is nothing listed in the Dialup or VPN connections, if so, click on all the and then click Remove. Close when finished but stay in Control Panel.
8. From Control Panel, go to Phone and Modems, Click "Modems". Remove all modems from this list if any with the exception of the internal modem.
9. Close the Control Panel and disable your Anti-Virus program. Plug the MIFI in the USB port and begin the install.
Note: The MIFI is also a Novatel Wireless device that has Generic Drivers, so you will see them in the Programs and Features list along with the VZAccess.
Let me know how it goes and if this was of any help.

Huawei E173 mobile broadband modem install - lost access to Internet

A few days ago I purchased the Huawei E173 mobile broadband USB modem ("Internet Stick") with SIMcard from Tchibo; they use the 3G+ network (HSPA/UMTS) from O2 in Germany. I installed the modem with its "Mobile Partner" GUI in WinXP/SP3 on my Asus EeePC 1001R netbook and in WinXP/SP3 on a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop and also installed the modem in Arch on the Dell laptop.
For the Arch install I followed the section "Easy Install using Network Manager" in the Archwiki "Huawei E220"; that was all that was needed, using NetworkManager, modemmanager and the Gnome network-manager-applet (nm-applet).
All went well: I successively and successfully used the modem and got on the net in WinXP on the netbook, then on WinXP on the laptop and finally in Arch on the laptop. Then I tried to use it again in WinXP on the Asus netbook: no access to the Internet. Tried it again in Arch: no access. Tried it again in WinXP on the Dell: no access.
The symptoms were the same in all three cases: when the stick was inserted, the OS recognized it, it asked for and accepted the SIMcard PIN#, established a link with the ISP access point - with excellent signal strength -, I was given an IP address in the 10.xx.xx.xx range, and according to the stick's LED, the connection alternated between being on an UMTS and HSPA net. But no Internet access, neither in Firefox nor Chromium nor Opera, with and without firewalls or system proxies! I was able to ping my own IP address but not the IP addresses of the standard gateway, DHCP server, and DNS servers, and some of these addresses were peculiar (I can provide more info on that). And no luck pinging Google or Amazon, either with their hostnames or IP addresses.
A support call to Tchibo confirmed that there was no O2 net service outage in my area, that signal coverage ought to be excellent in my area, incl. for an HSPA connection, that my new account was active and in good order, there was no block on it and there was plenty of high-speed data capacity left in it.
So I exchanged the stick. So far I've installed the new stick/SIMcard only in WinXP on the Asus netbook, with new cellphone # and PIN. And everything is fine again; I'm back on the internet.
I don't want to be confined to browsing in Windows; Arch is where I do all my work and that's where I want to access the Internet as well. But for nothing in the world do I want to go again through the ordeal of being completely locked out of the Internet and trying to troubleshoot this problem without access to it. But I'm leery of using the new stick in Arch again and again experiencing the same lockout; I need to know what the cause of this problem was.
I see several possibilities:
1. Hardware failure of the first Huawei stick.
2. Some network config setting might have gotten corrupted in going through two Windows and then the Linux install.
3. Some account or network settings on the ISP side might have gotten corrupted.
Re 1: Seems highly unlikely to me; the stick I returned worked flawlessly for 24 hrs. and is probably still perfectly all right.
Re 2: Are such config settings stored on the SIM chip or elsewhere in the data storage section of the stick, so that they an incompatible setting might be carried over from one OS or install to another?
Re 3: Tchibo already seem to have gotten confused over the uses of the stick in my two Windows installs. When I installed it in WinXP on the Dell (after having installed it in WinXP on the Asus netbook), the data volume counter was reset, and they again started counting KB's from zero in the Dell WinXP install, but kept track of usage from the Asus install separately, in spite of the fact that there was only one account with them, and account identifiers such as cellphone # and SIMcard PIN# were identical in the two cases. Further, they don't officially support Linux; perhaps their software got totally confused by the usage coming from NetManager in Linux. But one would think that this stick would be completely portable from machine to machine and from OS to OS, just like a USB WLAN adapter.
Any thoughts about the cause of these problems, whether they might reoccur if I use the new stick in Arch, and how I can get around them?

orschiro wrote:
Sorry that I didn't read through your whole bunch of text but you may consider trying the sakis3g all in one script.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … em#sakis3g
Regards
Thanks for the tip. I'm very leery though of trying to use the new stick in Linux until I know exactly what caused the problem before because with the first stick it was after I'd used it in Linux (just once) that I lost internet connectivity in all three systems. If that happens again, I'd be in the same hole as before: trying to troubleshoot a potentially complicated networking problem without access to the Internet. Short of an expensive call to customer support of doubtful outcome that could cost me the price of the stick (not toll-free; costs 0.42 EUR/min), the only way out then may be to return the stick again and again set up a new account. I doubt, they will go along with that.
Setting up the stick in Arch was actually the easiest thing. After I'd installed networkmanager, modemmanager, nm-applet and some other bits (such as mobile-broadband-provider-info), it was all plug-and-play, and with these bits of software Arch automatically set up a mobile broadband connection to the ISP's server and I had an excellent Internet connection. Only after I went back into WinXP, did I lose all Internet connectivity in all three systems, even though I still got a good link to the AP (persistent misconfiguration of GW, route, subnet mask, etc?).

BT Mobile Broadband dongle needs reactivating?

Hi guys -
I think my BT Mobile Broadband USB dongle may have been dormant for too long, I think I may need you to re-activate my SIM/phone number.
It's been at least six months since I used it last.
I get the following error message in the BT Connection manager: "31064 Failed to connect to an operator".
I've also just added £10 data bundle, so I'm in credit...it's not showing as active on the a/c yet, but it shows up as billed.
I have the latest connection manager, which I assume include the latest drivers for the device (MF636). I've also got the right PIN number (set previously).
Any ideas?
Chris
CD
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
One day, it WILL work as advertised...
Solved!
Go to Solution.

This is essentially a customer to customer forum and posts do not necessarily get the attention of anyone from BT.
Your service is no longer available for sale but the fact that you been able to top up suggests that it is still active. Try the helpline 0800 169 0850. If you can't resolve your problem there the BT Care Team should be able to help. They are the moderators who oversee this forum; they may take a few days to respond but you will get an immediate online acknowledgement to note in case you need to follow up.
You can click the white star next to this message if you think it was helpful.

Will USB mobile broadband work with Apple TV?

I am considering to get USB modem so I can use the apple TV anywhere. But I have not purchase the USB modem yet. Click below for more info on USB modem:-
http://threestore.three.co.uk/broadband/
I was thinking - USB modem is to be connected to my laptop (via USB port), Apple TV is to be connected to my laptop (via ethernet cable).
The questions are when I switch Apple TV on:-
1. Will Apple TV automatically find the internet?
2. Will the USB mobile Broadband work with Apple TV (Wireless via my computer)?
Please advise.

I'm sure it should be someone answering this question who has actually tried this, but given that the tv is not overly portable I'm not sure you will find too many who have.
FWIW, you can use an tv with a direct ethernet connection or ad hoc wifi network between the computer and the tv, so I don't see why a mobile account rather than a static one should make any difference. You would need to set up internet sharing and all that, but my guess is it should work for you. Be aware though, I haven't actually tried this.

Qualcomm Mobile Broadband Gobi2000 compatibility issue with Windows 8 and above

I am facing Qualcomm Mobile Broadband Gobi2000 competibility issue with Windows. Previously, after installing windows 8, I faced a problem of random shut down. But, after running registry and malware scan, it's now almost settled . But, my Broadband modem randomly stops working , and Windows Action Centre points it out as "USB Modem Qualcomm Mobile Broadband Gobi2000 is not competible with current version of Windows". It further suggest to contact HP for resolving the issue.

I have called HP-Support and the answer was:
«Thank you for contacting HP Active Chat Support.
This is in continuation to our response with regards to your chat ID: 63381567
As for the case logged in for compatibility issues after upgrading to windows 8.1, kindly try the steps below and see if that helps.
Start the computer.
Press the F10 key to enter the BIOS setup.
Select Restore Defaults .
Under Load Defaults , select Yes .
Choose Save Changes and Exit .
Under Save Changes and Exit , choose Yes .
If Microsoft Windows does not recognize the external USB WWAN modem module, try the steps below:
The Telephony Service has been disabled. Follow these steps to enable the Telephony Service:
Open Control Panel .
Expand View by: and select Large Icons .
Click Administrative Tools .
Double-click Services .
Double-click Telephony .
Under the General tab, expand Startup Type , then select Automatic .
Click Apply , click Start , then click OK .
Restart the system.
If the issue still remains the same, kindly contact Microsoft or we would request you to be patient while we have more drivers available on the HP website.»
The issue was not resolved.
So I'm waiting for the release of the new driver...

BT Mobile Broadband no more bundles

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