connection basics

[u8nc]

i want to stick a Raspberry Pi in the bush, equipped with a 3G dongle
to send me collected data. how do i connect to my Internet Account?

There are many YouTubes, blogs, tutorials, forum threads
but they all just cover connecting through your home WiFi
or they set up the Pi as a server for access from elsewhere
but still within the confines of a connection already made

I don't want the answer handed on a plate, I realise the
spirit in which the Pi is offered for sale is the exploration
but that means asking questions. I don't have time to return
to an 8 yr old world of making a cat walk back and forth
in scratch and after 3-4 years make it into networking
engineering just to advance one step

Can anyone point me to some material or area of learning ?

do i put my login and password issued by my 3G ISP in /etc/wpa.config?
do i tie it to a TV aerial and send TLA's like "VPN" and "SSH" in morse code with a flashlight?
I'm having about as much success as the latter

just one search example: out of many dozens:
I went looking at Dave Akermans Site to see if he revealed details of how
but the only thing i found was he either stores his images on SDCard
for later recovery, or he uses radio transmission.


** I have an app published on the iTunes App store and that took me 12 months from scratch ( not the same one ) to learn enough Objective-C. I'm no fool and i enjoy hunting down the answer but don't have time to go on endless Quixotian quests. I need that data from out in the bush.

[gmc]

This should help with the 3G dongle problem.

http://www.mathewjenkinson.co.uk/raspbe ... 3g-dongle/

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9646

[u8nc]

the drought has broken!!
thanks gmc, i'll follow it up, and as a thank you i'll post up a weblog of my own success in the particular implementation

off topic:
my work is in the bush, on a property that breeds butterflies, however we let the native bees enjoy our nectar plants as well - such is their importance.