Sorry, let me clarify.
I haven't looked into using the EVDO cards with Linux because my company is a Windows shop and all I've seen is the Windows installation software.

My bad. :-)

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Todd Young

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From: Jima <jima at beer.tclug.org>
> On Mon, 22 May 2006, auditodd at comcast.net wrote:
> > If you are referring to the new EVDO cellular offerrings from Sprint and 
> > Verizon, then yes, I've had experience with them.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I have not seen any support for Linux yet.
> 
>   Todd, I like you, but I gotta ask: what the hell are you talking about?
>   Looking at Sprint's list of EVDO cards:
> 
> http://www.sprint.com/business/products/phoneCategories/connectionCards_phones.h
> tml
> 
>   Two out of the three (the PC-5740 and the Merlin S620) are quite 
> documented to work with Linux (the former a little more so than the 
> latter):
> 
> http://kenkinder.com/evdo-pc5740/
> http://www.swflug.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=32
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/08/2138237
> 
> http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~kfu22/evdo/
> 
>   (Mind, at least the PC-5740 is also available via Verizon.)
>   Haven't tried either yet, as tempted as I am.
> 
>       Jima