[BTM] PCMCIA Wireless Data Cards?

[Mark O'Brien]

On 10/17/03 6:21 PM, "Mike D." <md03 at xochi.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if any of the wireless pcmcia data cards (GPRS,
> 1xRTT or EVDO) work with macs?    Tmobile has the best price: ($29.99
> unlimited) but Verizon has the best speed (1xRTT, and now EVDO :
> $79.99 unlimted).
> 
> But none of them are very clear on mac support.

I use the Novatel Merlin C201 card on my TiBook with SprintPCS 1xRTT
service. It's $80/month unlimited, and the card was free (actually a 100
percent rebate on the $175 price, except for tax, for signing up for the
required 12 month contract).

Somebody at Novatel wrote some scripts for OS X, but the card needs to be
configured on a Windows machine before you can use it on a Mac. I took it to
Circuit City, and they let me do that on one of their display notebooks.
Speed is supposedly around 112bps.

Mark