{"id":567,"date":"2007-06-09T11:13:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T16:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/09\/expresscard-for-data-virgin-postpaid-for-the-cheapest-mobile-data-option"},"modified":"2007-06-09T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2007-06-09T16:13:09","slug":"expresscard-for-data-virgin-postpaid-for-the-cheapest-mobile-data-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/09\/expresscard-for-data-virgin-postpaid-for-the-cheapest-mobile-data-option","title":{"rendered":"ExpressCard for data + Virgin postpaid for the cheapest mobile data option?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Dave Hall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/davehall.com.au\/blog\/dave\/2007\/06\/09\/unlocking-novatel-merlin-u530-under-linux\">experience with 3<\/a>, I can attest to their horrendous service. I never looked at Virgin offering cheap rates, but from their website, it seems that on a post-paid account, I can get 300MB of data for $10\/month. I&#8217;m currently paying 3 $29 for 200MB of data (and yes, they&#8217;re cheaper than what Optus can offer).<\/p>\n<p>Which certainly has me interested in becoming a Virgin post-paid customer. From their website, it seems that if I just want a SIM, I&#8217;ll be a pay as you go customer. Which works out well for me, as all I really want is data + any excess (at 1.5c\/KB).<\/p>\n<p>However, what Express Card can I buy outright or via eBay, that will work with Linux (and preferably, OS X)? The Novatel Merlin U530 that Dave has is a PCMCIA card, not something that most newer laptops have. What are my ExpressCard options? And does Virgin charge for roaming rates? 3 charges you <b>extra<\/b> if you&#8217;re not within their 3 Broadband Zone and are Roaming [via Telstra]. 3&#8217;s advertised MobileBroadband card now apparently offers an Express Card option.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/data\" rel=\"tag\">data<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/3g\" rel=\"tag\">3g<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/virgin\" rel=\"tag\">virgin<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/3\" rel=\"tag\">3<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/expresscard\" rel=\"tag\">expresscard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Dave Hall&#8217;s experience with 3, I can attest to their horrendous service. I never looked at Virgin offering cheap rates, but from their website, it seems that on a post-paid account, I can get 300MB of data for $10\/month. I&#8217;m currently paying 3 $29 for 200MB of data (and yes, they&#8217;re cheaper than what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vJD-99","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}