Mavericks mobile internet dongle problems

Hi all,
I wonder if you could help me with a major problem. I installed mavericks on the day of release. Since then my e353 3 internet dongle has stopped working. When i launch the connection software this crashes and then i get an error page. If there is a fix out there can anyone help me? If not can i go back to 10.8 and how do i do this?
I would greatly appreciate any help anyone can give me.
Many thanks in advance
Simon

USB network devices are to be avoided, if possible. They depend on complex third-party software that's often of poor quality and is prone to cause system instability. The software is rarely, if ever, updated, and may stop working entirely when OS X is updated. Use a mobile Wi-Fi or Bluetooth hotspot, either a mobile phone or a dedicated device — no software needed.

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