On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Joerg Bergmann <email@jbergmann.de> wrote:
I use a Vodafone branded MC950D from Novatel.
Works fine for me with Network Manager, even
with O2 instead of Vodafone. Have installed
newest Firmware from the Vodafone site, the
Novatel stick was available for 36 Euro at Ebay.

I've also had good luck with this modem, but from Rogers.  Unlocked it while in Australia do use a on Virgin's prepaid data.  Has worked for me in Fedora, Ubuntu and Arch just fine..