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jclemente wrote:
> Stuart:
>
> I have a verizon 5220 card  and find it very useful.  It gives me a 
> connection anywhere I find a good cellphone signal.
> I  tried using the  drivers  I  received from  Steven Levine and Mark 
> Abramowitz  without success.  They loaded on boot but I could not get 
> the card recognized as a PCMCIA modem and have not had time to attend 
> to it.
> I am forced to the Windows XP side of this TP 24 P when I need to 
> connect in out of the way places and will be interested when you get 
> time to finish your VOICE article.
>
> Regards,
> John Clemente
Hello John,

I have never used the 5220 under Windows, but I believe there will be 
some differences.  For example, under eCS at present, there is no 
equivalent for the Vortex file compression utility so the National 
Access backup does not really work because it expects incoming messages 
to be compressed by Vortex.  This does not appear to affect the 
Broadband Access.  As a result, the 5220 works well for me wherever the 
Broadband Access is available, which is practically everywhere I go 
now.  As an airline pilot, I travel to many major metropolitan areas, 
but don't get out in the country much.

As I pointed out in my reply to Niel yesterday, Sierra has a Developer's 
Central which may assist in getting some of the pieces we need to 
develop specific drivers and applications for the 5220 and its 
successors.  It may also signal that Sierra is willing to work with OSs 
other than Windows.

Developer's Central:
http://www.sierrawireless.com/services/developers/whatsnew.aspx

Have a great day,

Stu Updike
Bedford, Texas
USA