Umts

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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

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Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4 SUSE 11.4 NetWorkManager VodaPhOne Germany Otelo USB SurfsTick
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List of APNs

Germany

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