Author: Jim Kissel Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] A sad day...
Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/6/1 Jim Kissel <jlk@???>
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>> Isaac Close wrote:
>>> I was thinking more along the lines of creating a tunnel to a remote
>> location where access to my proxy and dns is availible. Thus all traffic
>> will be encrypted going to and from a familiar location.
>>
>
> Should be able to screen out some of the unwanted adbytes too that way.
>
>>> Oh and i'll be monitoring several aspects of the connection, i expect
>>> it to be a fairly flakey service.
>>>
>> Sounds like you have a good handle on what's needed for a work-around.
>> If you find Voda service flaky, I can recommend 3. Been with them for
>> about 14 months, and a 15GBP/month contract for 3Gigs. Good service if
>> there is a signal. Their initial set-up is a bit flaky.
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>
> That's putting it very mildly... the 3connect gadget or whatever it is that
> does the Windows connection is ghastly (that's when my wife uses it on her
I wouldn't know. Gave up that nasty habit a while back. The network
manager on Xandros is easy, quick, and does what it says on the label.
> laptop, you understand). Ubuntu Network Manager seems to deal with it fairly
> OK in my (limited) experience. As for "if there is signal..." - on the train
> from Bmth to Clapham Junction I gave up trying to do any online work and
> played Sudoku instead. Seemed to be no signal more often than not, so to
> speak. I have the same experience Woking <-> Waterloo, but Reading<->Paddington
is ok. YMMV
