Originally Posted by LittleHarry

Yeah the speeds are the same. It actually seems a little faster because my desktop is a more powerful machine with a lot more ram.

All I did was buy the PCMCIA to PCI converter and plug the card in the back of my pc and fire up the Verizon software and connect. I use this as a backup for when my cable goes down.

It's just like having a PCMCIA port on my desktop.