Beyond Wi-Fi: Laptop heaven but at a price

Two new cellular cards for laptops let users tap into Verizon's mobile broadband network.
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story missed less expensive method Verizon method

Verizon's Audiovox xv6600 pda cell phone makes the same high
speed connection for only half the monthly fee of the pc card
version. Why it is less expensive I do not know. But it can even be
made to work with Mac OS X via bluetooth with a custon set up or it
will even work on a PC laptop.

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What about the security?

I wonder how quickly this will be cracked. I also would like to know how easily it would be track the physical location of an end user.