I’ve been experimenting with connecting my Linux box to t’Intertron via my mobile. It is surprisingly easy. Plug in the phone, add the following to /etc/wvdial.conf and type sudo wvdial. The important thing to note is the ‘deflate 9′ bit which enables compression on the network traffic and has single-handedly made the browsing experience bearable.
[Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = USB Modem Baud = 460800 New PPPD = yes Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 ISDN = 0 Phone = *99# Password = three Username = three PPPD Options=defaultroute deflate 9