At 9:57 PM -0500 10/27/09, James Therrault wrote: >Living out in the sticks has its disadvantages such as being stuck >with dial up internet.
I'm there with you. >Finally, I found a provider (3g) that gives me a solid unlimited (10x >dial up) speeds that I'm using on my Powerbook aluminum. snip > >Note that this provider is via a USB modem. I'm assuming that the >USB 1.0 port on the Gigabit cannot take full advantage of this service. > IIRC, USB 1 is rated at a maximum of 12 Mb/s, while your "broadband" speeds will be well under 1Mb/s (I generally get 0.4 to 0.8 from my provider), so I don't see the problem with the USB port. Have you tried it? Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
