30 lines
1.4 KiB
Plaintext
30 lines
1.4 KiB
Plaintext
This package contains mobile broadband settings for different service providers
|
|
in different countries. The Package contains only informational files so it's
|
|
safe for distributions to grab updates even during feature freeze and
|
|
maintenance stages.
|
|
|
|
When you want to configure a mobile broadband connections there usually is some
|
|
service provider specific information you have to know before the connection
|
|
can be established. Problem with this information is that it's highly technical
|
|
for an ordinary consumer and it's available only from service providers web
|
|
page or from Microsoft Windows installation media that becomes with tie-in
|
|
subscription devices.
|
|
|
|
The interesting side of this information is that it's the same for every user
|
|
of a given service provider. This means that service provider specific
|
|
information can be stored in a database. When this database is available the
|
|
information can be fetched there and the ordinary user does not need to bother
|
|
about it.
|
|
|
|
Service provider specific information is stored in a XML file. XML is not the
|
|
most optimized format for a database, but it's easy to read, understand and
|
|
edit.
|
|
|
|
The database is released under Creative Commons Public Domain (CC-PD).
|
|
|
|
for more info, see:
|
|
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders
|
|
|
|
If you are using pkg-config, variable MOBILE_BROADBAND_PROVIDER_INFO contains
|
|
the full path to the database.
|