I have experience with EDVO CDMA "broadband" cards.

This is a simple ppp connection.  I had to do a kernel rebuild for an old Ubuntu system (3 years ago).  I set one up for Peter Koegel also (under Gentoo).  The hard part is getting the settings for the pppd.conf - so write down your connection specifics (username/password, everything - gateway, from your current card before rebooting/rebuilding).

Here's the Ubuntu guide:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=691226

Choose a livecd and test it there first before rebuilding your box.

You can always ghost copy the XP install from the drive to say a Terrabyte USB (or jumpdrive) [under $150.00] and then restore it later?

This is really easy now that the drivers are there for USB devices in recent distros!

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> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:49:32 -0700
> Subject: Re: boooo hoooooooo
> From: cryptworks@gmail.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Nope
> 
> On 2/27/09, mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My internet is a broadband card (Sprint mobile broadband-Sierra Wireless).
> > Anyone have any experience with  that?
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Bryan O'Neal
> > <boneal@cornerstonehome.com>wrote:
> >
> >>  Or avoid the hardware issue all tog ether and run Linux inside VM using
> >> windows as the host.  It's free and easy :)
> >>
> >>  ------------------------------
> >> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:
> >> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Kachold
> >> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2009 1:07 PM
> >> *To:* plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >> *Subject:* RE: boooo hoooooooo
> >>
> >> Download and burn a nice LiveCD?
> >>
> >> What is the issue man; simply determine your Wireless card type and get a
> >> distro with that support?
> >>
> >> UbuntuLive
> >> GentooLive
> >> Knoppix
> >> OpenSuse LiveCD
> >> Fedora Live
> >>
> >> The list is endless?
> >>
> >> obnosis.com <http://www.obnosis.com/> | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452
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> >> ------------------------------
> >> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:33:49 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: boooo hoooooooo
> >> From: bmike1@gmail.com
> >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >>
> >> the hardware was so old ('97) I left everything except the hard drives in
> >> the trash in AZ before I moved to FL. I'm using a lap top right now (with
> >> xp).
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:09 PM, wayne <waydavis@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> *gasp*... Nausea setting in...
> >>
> >>
> >> Stephen wrote:
> >> > well that did you do with it? install windows?
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I want my linux computer back!
> >> >>
> >> >> --
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