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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / October 2006VZW Apapter for my PC Card to MacBook
My MacBook does not have a slot. Is there an adapter available to hook it up to the USB port ? I know there are adapters for Windows laptops, but what about a Mac ? Thanks !! Chip chip30@gmail.com > My MacBook does not have a slot. Is there an adapter available to hook it up > to the USB port ? > > I know there are adapters for Windows laptops, but what about a Mac ? From http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/support/ufaq/u132data.php, "MAC OSX : Release expected November 2006" Notan "Chip" <chip30@gmail.com> wrote in news:ABaWg.40079$QZ1.12704@bgtnsc04- news.ops.worldnet.att.net: > Thanks !! > > Chip Chip, have you looked CLOSELY at the fine print that comes with that card on VZW before you go to all this trouble and expense for something that's not much of an internet connection? http://www.evdoforums.com/thread2366-0-asc-165.html Look closely at: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/promotion/controller? promotionType=miniPac&action=miniStart buried in the webpages...... Pay attention to where it says: "Unlimited NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess: Subject to VZAccess Acceptable Use Policy, available on www.verizonwireless.com. NationalAccess and BroadbandAccess data sessions may be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) intranet access (including access to corporate intranets, email and individual productivity applications like customer relationship management, sales force and field service automation)." Unless you're a corporation with your own intranet, it says webpages and email ONLY. "Unlimited NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess services cannot be used (1) for uploading, downloading or streaming of movies, music or games, (2) with server devices or with host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, Voice over IP (VoIP), automated machine-to-machine connections, or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, or (3) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections." No FTP, no streaming, no anything else you'd want internet for...ONLY webpages that don't stream and email....all for $60/month plus addon fees. USELESS.... "NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess is for individual use only and is not for resale. We reserve right to limit throughput or amount of data transferred, deny or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using NationalAccess or BroadbandAccess in any manner prohibited above or whose usage adversely impacts our network or service levels. Verizon Wireless reserves the right to protect its network from harm, which may impact legitimate data flows. We also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of Customer Agreement term." The keyword is "unlimited access", which ISN'T "unlimited service". I read a spam VZW sent to my snailmail box, and its fine print, trying to sell me an aircard. THAT spam said the limit is 5GB/month, but others have said the LIMIT is 10GB/month. Not sure any more what the unpublished secret limit has been moved to....but I do know they just dump you, sticking you with an aircard that is dead as a doorknob, at their whim...without a warning. No VoIP No gaming No streaming video or audio No file downloading or uploading of course, NO PICTURES or anything else Verizon thinks they can SELL you for more. USELESS.....Just want to make sure you know what you're getting into. The shills on here will now attack me for pointing this crap out....  SignatureThere's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. > "Chip" <chip30@gmail.com> wrote in news:ABaWg.40079$QZ1.12704@bgtnsc04- > news.ops.worldnet.att.net: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > not much of an internet connection? > http://www.evdoforums.com/thread2366-0-asc-165.html You do realize that a decent wireless broadband connection that is portable/mobile and has handoff (not everyone wants to sit in a parking lot mooching off of someones wireless) capability is of significant value. You do realize that most people who get it are business users who really aren't going to be running Kazaa? For that matter there are a lot of people who have wired Internet connections who don't do that? > significant > value. For what....Email and webpages?....the only thing allowed? The Treo 650 does Email quite nicely. No, internet is just fine on VZW as long as you don't USE it for anything but spam and email. 5GB/month for $60? The days of charging by the kilobyte are OVER. SignatureThere's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. > > significant > > value. > > For what....Email and webpages?....the only thing allowed? Yes, Larry. For a number of us, the ability to access those services (for business, pleasure, whatever), make the price well worth it. Sorry if you don't understand. Notan >> > significant >> > value. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sorry if you don't understand. I have to go with Larry on this one. I can get e-mail and web pages on my phone for minutes used. I can't see eighty or ninety dollars per month for un-unlimited connect. SignatureMore abuse of eminent domain! http://www.villagelandgrab.com/ > http://www.villagelandgrab.com/ Most interesting. My condolences to the Homerdings.... SignatureThere's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. > >> > significant > >> > value. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > phone for minutes used. I can't see eighty or ninety dollars per month > for un-unlimited connect. Then you're clearly not a business user. While on the road, I have to access the Internet for hours at a time and must be guaranteed some type of connection. In addition, there's no way you're gonna work on spreadsheets, documents, etc. on a phone for any length of time. Notan > While on the road, I have to access the Internet for hours at a time > and must be guaranteed some type of connection. In addition, there's > no way you're gonna work on spreadsheets, documents, etc. on a phone > for any length of time. > > Notan Great idea. Let's stop this charade of broadband cellular internet service for the "home user" sold in every Circuit City, drop the BS, and sell usable broadband to business users.....at the usual T-1/ISDN astronomically-priced rate structure. No restrictions will be necessary because noone will be using it...well, much. Ah, but what's being sold now, not just by the Verizon Gestapo but by all of them, is a useless webpage service to put the spam on your desktop, paid for by the masses.....for the benefit of the few business users buying it on the cheap. That's more realistic, isn't it?..... SignatureThere's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. >>> significant >>> value. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Notan Exactly, Larry seems to be in permanent negative mode. Sitting in a parking lot using someone else's wireless for free is quite a bit different than having a connection that just works when you fire up your notebook. > My MacBook does not have a slot. Is there an adapter available to > hook it up to the USB port ? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Chip > chip30@gmail.com Depends on how much you want to spend.. I have one of these (Kyocera KR1 Router http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-router/ About $250).. Use my broadband card in it, and people with mac's/pc's wired/wireless can all share the connection... If you insist on USB, they make ethernet to USB converters too... :) > My MacBook does not have a slot. Is there an adapter available to hook it up > to the USB port ? > > I know there are adapters for Windows laptops, but what about a Mac ? There are no such adapter for the Mac, or for Linux on x86. Note that these devices for the PC cost nearly $200. It is a real pain in the butt what Apple did to the Mac Book, by decontenting it with the removal of the CardBus/PC Card slot. There probably will be ExpressCard modems in the not-too-distant future, but there are other devices that will likely never have an Express Card equivalent. What some movie types in Southern California are doing is running OSx on a non-Apple platform, typically a Sony VAIO. This is not an optimal solution, but they need to run OSx for Final Cut Pro, and they must have a CardBus slot for the memory cards from the HD digital studio cameras from Panasonic. Ironically, the loss of the CardBus/PC Card slot is driving a lot of producers/editors back to AVID from Final Cut Pro, and back to the XP world from OSx, just so they can run their editor on a notebook that has a CardBus/PC Card slot. The alternative is an expensive card reader from Panasonic, that requires an external power supply. SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:452ad5f3$0$96214 $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: > It is a real pain in the butt what Apple did to the Mac Book Same old proprietary, overpriced, no competition crap Apple has pulled since the Apple II was supposed to replace all the mainframes on the planet with its proprietary revolution..... I'm no fan of Micro$not any more than the next man. It still sucks eggs....however, it's what the software and hardware 95% of the planet is written and made for. Everyone should be honestly impressed at the brilliance Billy has hired to make this happen.... (And to think we could all be multimillionaires if we'd just listened to him and bought the stock back in 1973 when he was in that garage.....(sigh) God I'm STUPID! SignatureThere's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. > SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:452ad5f3$0$96214 > $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > since the Apple II was supposed to replace all the mainframes on the planet > with its proprietary revolution..... Well some Windows notebooks have also dropped the CardBus slot, but at least you can still find many that still have it. It's one thing to drop an obsolete interface that very few people use, such as the serial or parallel port (though I still have some industrial controller boards that need a serial port, and some test equipment that needs a parallel port). Dropping the CardBus slot is really inexcusable, as there are still a lot of devices that use it. But I guess that it's cheaper to write off those pesky customers, than to include something that the majority of users don't need, or can work around. It just so happens that the cellular modems are not easy to work around. You either wait for an ExpressCard version, or buy that expensive USB adapter. > I'm no fan of Micro$not any more than the next man. It still sucks > eggs....however, it's what the software and hardware 95% of the planet is > written and made for. > > Everyone should be honestly impressed at the brilliance Billy has hired to > make this happen.... One thing about Microsoft is that they do work with hardware manufacturers a LOT. I've been to many meetings where a consortium of hardware manufacturers have pushed back successfully at Microsoft's efforts to send legacy ports to an early end. For a while, Microsoft wanted to _forbid_ legacy ports such as parallel and serial ports in order for a hardware platform to be certified (which results in lower costs for the OS for the manufacturer). But some big users of Windows based applications absolutely need the legacy ports, i.e. point of sale terminals typically connect to scales and receipt printers via legacy ports, and stores don't want to replace these expensive devices with USB versions. > > SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:452ad5f3$0$96214 > > $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > cellular modems are not easy to work around. You either wait for an > ExpressCard version, or buy that expensive USB adapter. I'm in complete agreement with you, as far as dropping the PC Card slot from laptops. The reason for me purchasing the adapter, however, wasn't because my laptop doesn't have a PC Card slot, but as a backup to my DSL connection. Up here, in the mountains, it's not uncommon to have the power go out during a storm. While our generator covers electricity, the only backup to phones/DSL is a wireless connection. Notan |
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