If you, the Apple Macintosh user, have ever wondered if you can use Grameen’s EDGE/GPRS internet service with your mobile phone, the answer is yes.

I’ve just brought a friend’s Mac OSX computer online using the Grameen’s EDGE service, although she was having a bit of trouble configuring it and hasn’t been able to get it online now for a few weeks. Now I assume she’ll be able to use the service all over Bangladesh, although the quality (ie bandwidth) of the service is yet to be determined. Grameen recently passed 10 million subscribers in November. Needless to say your bandwidth connection will be squeezed in with a LOT of other people. Such is the reality of internet service in Bangladesh.

I took a look and she was missing one key thing—scripts that properly configure her mobile phone to connect with Grameen’s service. In particular, she had not entered the correct APN into the phone number field. I suspect that other users out there might be experiencing similar issues.

As a result, I’ve written up a document providing some key links and instructions for users on my wiki site.

If any users out there have experiences with Grameen’s bandwidth around Bangladesh, I would like to hear what you think of the service before I consider purchasing it myself..