<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, I'll look into it. Surprised there isn't more documentation about this, it seems like it's a pretty fundamental requirement.<div><br></div></div>Tom Isaacson<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 8:35 PM Aleksander Morgado <<a href="mailto:aleksander@aleksander.es">aleksander@aleksander.es</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hey Tom,<br>
<br>
> Is there a "best practice" for finding the APN of the SIM card that's<br>
> been inserted? I was hoping that either there's a default like<br>
> "internet" that always works or an online list that can be stored on<br>
> the device?<br>
><br>
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There are lots of LTE networks that would allow you to connect with<br>
the empty ("") APN, because if I'm not mistaken that reverts to using<br>
the default initial LTE bearer settings. But that solution isn't valid<br>
worldwide, there are networks where the initial LTE bearer settings<br>
give you IP connectivity but not full internet access, so you would<br>
still need to connect with an explicit APN provided by the operator.<br>
<br>
GNOME maintains a XML database of service providers and their APN<br>
settings, but beware when the provider has multiple APNs for different<br>
plans or purposes:<br>
<a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-info" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-info</a><br>
<br>
There's also the Android APNs database, which is similar.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Aleksander<br>
<a href="https://aleksander.es" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aleksander.es</a><br>
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