<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Tom Klinkowstein wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica">Anyone know what providers and wireless services / cards will work with a G4 Powerbook and what modem scripts they require (and whether those scripts are in OSX)?</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>I used to have a Verizon card for my PowerBook that worked well (with the drivers already in OS X). It provided about double the speed of dialup connections, however the Verizon coverage didn't fit my travel patterns.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So I now have a USB link to my cell phone and have wireless internet service with Alltel. The speed is a little better (usually around 300 Kbps), and it also required no additional software. Alltel's Axcess MobileLink Broadband service also has spotty coverage (depending on which network you're on and what their capabilities are when roaming), but seems to better fit my travel patterns.<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Chris</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PGP Key: <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://astcomm.net/~chris/PGP_Public_Key/">http://astcomm.net/~chris/PGP_Public_Key/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>