Question re: Sprint card to connect to internet

My father lives out in the boonies where he cannot get high-speed internet. one of his neighbors told him that he uses a Sprint card and it works fine in his PC laptop.
Dad has a iBook and from what i understand, there's no slot for the Sprint card. what are his options for high-speed internet with a Sprint card and a computer that doesn't have the required slot???
Thanks!!

If his ibook has a USB slot, he can get a USB Wifi Adapter from Sprint as long as the version of OS X he is running on his iBook meets the USB card minimum system requirements.
I looked up the data plans today on the Sprint website, they are approx $40/mo for 40MB data transfer limit or Unlimited data transfer for $60/mo

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