Hi You might want to have a look at the Mifi from 3. It's a wireless dongle that you connect to as wireless network so should be even easier than a usb dongle and you can also connect multiple devices at once. One downside I think currently is that you need to connect it to a windows machine as a one off activation although I believe a new Mifi will be released on 3 in the next few weeks which does not require this. Which ever you decide best to check the coverage specifically in the area you will want it the most. I currently have a 220 on t-mobile which has been fine on ubuntu. But now my contract has run out I will get the new Mifi as soon as it is available. I have 3 contract on my Android phone and I have been pretty happy with the 3g coverage. Hope this helps. Regards Phil On 23 Jun 2010 11:41, "Jonothon Nihill" <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi guys! I need to get some info on mobile broadband/internet. My partner is currently in hospital and wants to use the Internet so I've been tasked to sort her out with the kit she needs. She runs ubuntu 10.04 and is quite savvy but anything too complicated would be needed to be done by myself at home. I'm told that most dongles work, Does anyone have any advice as which to get? Thanks! ~Jon _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug