It turns out this little device is quite amazing: Internet access works on the Mac but also on Linux, I can use it to send and receive SMS and you can even configure it to act as a USB ethernet card and access its embedded web server… quite amazing for $20!Ī nice bonus is that the key I got is not sim-locked so I can use it with any network (if yours is locked and you happen to google ‘huawei + the model of your key’, it’s hard to find anything but unlocking instructions…). They provide everything from software to run a mobile network to cheap phones and 3g devices. Huawei is one of those huge chinese companies who are changing the face of Telcom but we almost never hear about them. ![]() I already have Internet access through my phone but I thought this would be a fun new toy, especially if I could get it working on the Raspberry Pi as well. Last week, Orange Senegal ran a promotion: their 3G Internet usb key was available for 10000 FCFA (~15€/$20), including one week of unlimited data access. ![]() As some of you know, I am spending a bit of time (six months) in Senegal.
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