Hi Jacques, I forgot about vcn! That's exactly what I need. I'll be back in Vancouver in a couple of days. I'll do my testing when I get there. Thanks. For your info, the lower mainland only includes Vancouver and the various suburbs and towns in the delta of the Fraser River. The delta extends about 130 km inland to the town of Hope. the region between the coast and the Rockies is usually referred as the interior. It includes the Okanagan in the southern portion which is where the orchards and lakes are. It also includes the Caribou/Chilcotin which is mostly cattle ranches and forests in the northern portion. There's also the north coast which has a few small towns on the edge of the ocean. Lastly, Vancouver Island is off the lower mainland. It's about 400 km long and that's where Victoria is. The west coast of the island has beaches which face directly onto the Pacific Ocean; Japan is on the other side. Hope this satisfies your curiosity ;) Thanks for your help, Graham On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Graham, > > > English isn't my native language so I may have misunderstood "something to > phone to test..." > > My best bet is that you are looking for an ISP (Internet Service Provider) > to try to connect to the Internet with your driver+modem. > > If I am correct then please take a look at > > http://www2.vcn.bc.ca/ > > West Canada though is huge and I do not know if this free service extends > beyond spendlid British Columbia. > > For my education (off the discussion list), please let me know if "lower > mainland of BC" means excluding the Rockies mountains. > > Jacques > > > Graham Wilson wrote: > >> Thanks Marvin! >> >> There was an unsatisfied dependency on alsa-driver-linuxant, but once >> I installed that, the tests succeeded and everything went well. >> >> All I need to do now is try to find something to phone so I can test >> the actual functioning of the driver/modem combination. You wouldn't >> happen to have any advice on that, would you? I'm out on the west >> coast of Canada. >> >> Thanks again. I'm really quite impressed. >> >> Graham >> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Marvin Stodolsky >> <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >>> Graham >>> >>> From http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php >>> download hsfmodem-7.80.02.02full_k2.6.24_23_generic_ubuntu_i386.deb.zip >>> Under Linux unpack with: >>> $ unzip hsfmodem*.zip >>> Then install with: >>> $ sudo dpkg -i hsfmodem*.deb >>> Subsequently, the modem should be found with >>> $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf >>> Edit in your personal information with: >>> $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf >>> and try dialing out with: >>> $ sudo wvdial. >>> See DOCs/Testing.txt for details. >>> >>> Read DOCs/Conexant.txt >>> >>> MarvS >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Graham Wilson <jhayino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I ran the scanModem tool and it spat out the attached file. If someone >>>> could give me some guidance on where I go from here, I'd really >>>> appreciate it. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Graham >>>> >>>> > >
