[saltines17]

I've heard there's a way to connect to broadband using cell phone services, or something?

I know absolutely nothing about this, so I apologize if this question is completely inane, but supposedly this requires a certain type of card, and I don't think the Macbook has any card slots - is there any way to accomplish what I am extremely vaguely referring to?

Thanks...

[ghporter]

It takes either a special broadband wireless card or a tethered cell phone-and usually a special cell phone service plan too. And as far as the cards go, Macs aren't well supported. This means that it's not a big deal that your MacBook doesn't have any slots, because there wouldn't be many PC cards or Express cards to choose from... Anyway, check out your cell provider for what sort of data plans they have, and you'll see what your choices are. Hint: all of them include "expensive" in one form or another.

[rjt1000]

The Barefeats review has some info for those with ExpressCard or Cardbus slots and those without:

Wireless Broadband ExpressCard/34 from Verizon Wireless