Using a Powerbook on Verizon for email

On 15-07-2004 21:25, in article 40F6DA3B.2B03F1EB DeleteThis @blazenet.net, "Robert"
<ireland DeleteThis @blazenet.net> wrote:

 > I currently have ATT cellphone service and they want to charge me $40 a
 > month (+a new GSM phone) to check my email. Also, their service coverage
 > for this is very poor. Verizon only wants a one-time $40 for a
 > cable/connectivity pack that will do the job. Problem is their
 > connectivity pack is for Windows only. The local store called their
 > experts and they say that the cable WILL work with Powerbooks but they
 > will not support it and don't know how to make it work. (Or won't tell
 > you.) Their line is "We support ONLY Windows."
 >
 > So... does anybody know how to make that pack work with my Powerbook so
 > I can check my email? Details would be GREATLY appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks!
 >

Best is to avoid business which spout the "We support ONLY Windows,"line.
But you have to tell them why you are avoiding them.

If Austin Meyer at Laminar Research can develop a the wolds most complete
flight simulator simultaneously on OS-X, Windows, and Linux, Fucking Verizon
can do it too with their new service. Further if Apple can write a PC
I-tunes, Fucking verizon can figure out how to service Macs.

I just don't understand the willingness to throw away a segment of the
market just because it is small. Further, since we are speaking of laptops,
Apple's main concentration these days is on laptops, and I beleive they are
the top laptop seller, though I could be wrong.

this is a matter of writing drivers (oh! what an industrial
pain-in-the-ass), as the hardware is GSM and CARDBUS. Now we know that Mac's
since the Wallstreet have been Cardbus Compliant, so I suspect the "We
support ONLY Windows," line is based in so much attempted penis extension
via computer Chauvinism.

Fact is that these companies and departments are being run by kids/adults
whose parents stupidly bought them an IBM PC instead of an Apple ][ or a
Macintosh. Otherwise there would be support for Mac at Verizon, as it is
only an matter of writing drivers which we have already established as an
industrial pain-in-the-ass. They support mac at Vodafone. Likely because the
marketing Director was once the marketing Director at KLM royal Dutch
Airlines, which was a Mac organization at the time.

I have started asking PC-only stores why they are bothering with selling the
Ipod, since they don't seem to care about anything else apple.
EJ<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <cmnews-A95B97.23572615072004 RemoveThis @typhoon.sonic.net>,
Clark Martin <cmnews RemoveThis @sonic.net> wrote:

 >In article <40F6DA3B.2B03F1EB RemoveThis @blazenet.net>,
 > Robert <ireland RemoveThis @blazenet.net> wrote:
 >
  >> I currently have ATT cellphone service and they want to charge me $40 a
  >> month (+a new GSM phone) to check my email. Also, their service coverage
  >> for this is very poor. Verizon only wants a one-time $40 for a
  >> cable/connectivity pack that will do the job. Problem is their
  >> connectivity pack is for Windows only. The local store called their
  >> experts and they say that the cable WILL work with Powerbooks but they
  >> will not support it and don't know how to make it work. (Or won't tell
  >> you.) Their line is "We support ONLY Windows."
  >>
  >> So... does anybody know how to make that pack work with my Powerbook so
  >> I can check my email? Details would be GREATLY appreciated.
 >
 >Depends heavily on the the model of phone.
 >
 >I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
 >although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
 >someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
 >works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
 >connection.
 >
 >Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
 >are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
 >adapter also.

Or Bluetooth. My AT&T GSM phone works just fine with my Macs. Even
connects them to the internet directly or via modem.

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   >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Johnson <erj66.TakeThisOut@xs4all.nl> writes:

Eric> Fact is that these companies and departments are being run by kids/adults
Eric> whose parents stupidly bought them an IBM PC instead of an Apple ][ or a
Eric> Macintosh. Otherwise there would be support for Mac at Verizon, as it is
Eric> only an matter of writing drivers which we have already established as an
Eric> industrial pain-in-the-ass. They support mac at Vodafone. Likely because the
Eric> marketing Director was once the marketing Director at KLM royal Dutch
Eric> Airlines, which was a Mac organization at the time.

And amazingly, nearly all this stuff is standards based, which doesn't
give a rats hiney about whether you're running Redmond Virus Loader on
an x86 or YellowDog Linux on a PPC. If they'd just be open about
specs, the open source people would come up with a solution anyway!

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Thanks for the response. It is much appreciated. Is more specificity
available for this hook-up, or is that a part of your consulting role?

Clark Martin wrote:

 > In article <40F6DA3B.2B03F1EB.RemoveThis@blazenet.net>,
 > Robert <ireland.RemoveThis@blazenet.net> wrote:
 >
  > > I currently have ATT cellphone service and they want to charge me $40 a
  > > month (+a new GSM phone) to check my email. Also, their service coverage
  > > for this is very poor. Verizon only wants a one-time $40 for a
  > > cable/connectivity pack that will do the job. Problem is their
  > > connectivity pack is for Windows only. The local store called their
  > > experts and they say that the cable WILL work with Powerbooks but they
  > > will not support it and don't know how to make it work. (Or won't tell
  > > you.) Their line is "We support ONLY Windows."
  > >
  > > So... does anybody know how to make that pack work with my Powerbook so
  > > I can check my email? Details would be GREATLY appreciated.
 >
 > Depends heavily on the the model of phone.
 >
 > I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
 > although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
 > someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
 > works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
 > connection.
 >
 > Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
 > are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
 > adapter also.
 >
 > --
 > Clark Martin
 > Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting
 >
 > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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I agree with you completely! I am a Mac user since 1984 and I have heard the PC
bullshit for far too many years. BTW, I too am an X-plane addict. Small world.
Now if I can only get my email with my phone!

Eric Johnson wrote:

 > On 15-07-2004 21:25, in article 40F6DA3B.2B03F1EB.RemoveThis@blazenet.net, "Robert"
 > <ireland.RemoveThis@blazenet.net> wrote:
 >
  > > I currently have ATT cellphone service and they want to charge me $40 a
  > > month (+a new GSM phone) to check my email. Also, their service coverage
  > > for this is very poor. Verizon only wants a one-time $40 for a
  > > cable/connectivity pack that will do the job. Problem is their
  > > connectivity pack is for Windows only. The local store called their
  > > experts and they say that the cable WILL work with Powerbooks but they
  > > will not support it and don't know how to make it work. (Or won't tell
  > > you.) Their line is "We support ONLY Windows."
  > >
  > > So... does anybody know how to make that pack work with my Powerbook so
  > > I can check my email? Details would be GREATLY appreciated.
  > >
  > > Thanks!
  > >
 >
 > Best is to avoid business which spout the "We support ONLY Windows,"line.
 > But you have to tell them why you are avoiding them.
 >
 > If Austin Meyer at Laminar Research can develop a the wolds most complete
 > flight simulator simultaneously on OS-X, Windows, and Linux, Fucking Verizon
 > can do it too with their new service. Further if Apple can write a PC
 > I-tunes, Fucking verizon can figure out how to service Macs.
 >
 > I just don't understand the willingness to throw away a segment of the
 > market just because it is small. Further, since we are speaking of laptops,
 > Apple's main concentration these days is on laptops, and I beleive they are
 > the top laptop seller, though I could be wrong.
 >
 > this is a matter of writing drivers (oh! what an industrial
 > pain-in-the-ass), as the hardware is GSM and CARDBUS. Now we know that Mac's
 > since the Wallstreet have been Cardbus Compliant, so I suspect the "We
 > support ONLY Windows," line is based in so much attempted penis extension
 > via computer Chauvinism.
 >
 > Fact is that these companies and departments are being run by kids/adults
 > whose parents stupidly bought them an IBM PC instead of an Apple ][ or a
 > Macintosh. Otherwise there would be support for Mac at Verizon, as it is
 > only an matter of writing drivers which we have already established as an
 > industrial pain-in-the-ass. They support mac at Vodafone. Likely because the
 > marketing Director was once the marketing Director at KLM royal Dutch
 > Airlines, which was a Mac organization at the time.
 >
 > I have started asking PC-only stores why they are bothering with selling the
 > Ipod, since they don't seem to care about anything else apple.
 > EJ<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Clark Martin wrote:
 >
 > I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
 > although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
 > someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
 > works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
 > connection.
 >
 > Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
 > are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
 > adapter also.


So, do you have links you can post for the driver & script?

Bob<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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rfsmithX DeleteThis @eml.cc wrote:

 > Clark Martin wrote:
  > >
  > > I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
  > > although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
  > > someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
  > > works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
  > > connection.
  > >
  > > Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
  > > are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
  > > adapter also.
 >
 > So, do you have links you can post for the driver & script?
 >
 > Bob

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In article <40F87E36.954A656C.RemoveThis@eml.cc>, rfsmithX.RemoveThis@eml.cc wrote:

 > Clark Martin wrote:
  > >
  > > I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
  > > although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
  > > someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
  > > works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
  > > connection.
  > >
  > > Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
  > > are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
  > > adapter also.
 >
 >
 > So, do you have links you can post for the driver & script?
 >
 > Bob

Try a google search. I don't recall where I found the stuff but that is
how I found it.

--
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Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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Try Smithmicro. I have one (cable) on the way and have already downloaded the
software.

rfsmithX RemoveThis @eml.cc wrote:

 > Clark Martin wrote:
  > >
  > > I have Verizon and an LG VX6000. I'm using a cable I bought online
  > > although I believe Rat Shack does carry it too. I use a USB driver that
  > > someone wrote and a modem script again from an independent source. It
  > > works well. I find I usually have to try to connect twice to get a
  > > connection.
  > >
  > > Generally speaking you will need a USB driver and a modem script. Both
  > > are specific to your phone and the cable if it is a USB to serial
  > > adapter also.
 >
 > So, do you have links you can post for the driver & script?
 >
 > Bob

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