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Mobile Broadband Logging Monitor v.1.3 in the works

christer — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:56:22 +0200

Making the Mobile Broadband Logging Monitor Open Source has been well received with almost 40 downloads in a few weeks. And now I’m happy to tell you that a v.1.3 of the software is in the works! So far, the three primary additions will be (1) making it possible for the users to share anonymous information, (2) support the monitoring of the...

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Mobile Broadband Logging Monitor is now Open Source

christer — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:44:00 +0200

I have now moved the Mobile Broadband Logging Monitor source code to Microsoft’s source code platform CodePlex, and the application is therefore declared Open Source. I am not sure if anyone actually will participate in developing the application further, it is truly a bit nerdy ;-), but I hope so. There are many mobile broadband connection...

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How to stop the excessive logging in HUAWEI Mobile Partner

christer — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:31:00 +0200

The HUAWEI Mobile Partner connection client, shown below as the OiSTER connection client, is logging excessively to your hard disk. You can read more about this in the blog posting concerning Telenor’s use of HUAWEI Mobile Partner. I am very glad to be able to forward to you a fix for the excessive logging to your hard disk. Before...

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Mobile Broadband Logging Monitor

christer — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:02:00 +0200

If you are a follower of this blog and you are using mobile broadband, then you have probably wondered if you are suffering from the 3Connect or HUWAWEI Mobile Partner excessive logging and hard disk activity. Well, no need to wonder any more. I have spent some time now making a new simple, easy to use monitoring tool for mobile broadband users,...

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Help me beta-test a new utility for detecting logging issues in mobile broadband software

christer — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:53:30 +0200

It has been known for some time now that 3’s 3Connect (based on Birdstep Technology EasyConnect) and Telenors “Mobilt Bredbånd” (based on HUAWEI Mobile Partner) have serious issues with logging and more. But as a non-technical user, how do you know if you are affected by these issues? Well, you really only have the hard disk activity indicator...

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I want to test more mobile broadband connection software

christer — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:09:00 +0200

As you might know from my previous posts, I have tested different connection software from mobile broadband providers. Often, although the connection might be working fine, the connection software may have some problems, either by using the hard disk excessively (logging) or some other compatibility issues (with Adobe Flash). So far this focus...

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Presenting a huge(!) list of APN names

christer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:12:21 +0200

I hereby proudly present you a huge list of Acces Point Names (APN) here on the Mobile Broadband User Blog. The list is presented in collaboration with French Vysoo, a worldwide leading company in Communication Over Wifi devices and services. The list is for you, the mobile data / broadband user, who for some reason need these names as part of...

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Does your mobile broadband connection sometimes drop?

christer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:30:00 +0200

If you sometimes experience that your mobile broadband connection is dropped and you therefore have to connect again in your mobile broadband connection client (such as 3Connect), you might think that it is caused by a bad network connection. Although that sometimes might be the case, you could also be experiencing a problem in a whole...

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3's 3Connect 2.0 file access is more excessive than ever

christer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:37:00 +0200

Yesterday, in the context of testing the Telenor “Mobilt Bredbånd” connection client, I also checked up on the latest version of 3's 3Connect. I’ve done that before, so what I saw came as quite a surprise. As stated in the previous article about this issue, logging to LogFile.txt is still present but is also still possible...

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Telenor's "Mobilt Bredbånd.exe" uses log files and Windows registry excessively

christer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:31:00 +0200

If you're a Telenor mobile broadband user in Sweden, Norway or Denmark I suggest you continue reading this blog post. Admitted, this blog post is about a very geeky, nerdy and technical issue with Telenor's mobile broadband connection client, known as "Mobilt Bredbånd" (at least to Danish customers, for many others its known as HUAWEI...

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