[kemboma]

I also have Verizon DSL and used their installer CD, and the application that comes with it, to connect using OS 9. The great thing about OS 10.0.4 is that you do NOT need their software. The system software (correctly configured) will do all the connecting for you. I know because I have done it and I know others who have done it as well (of course at Verizon, the tech support does not understand that it is possible to connect without their application and therefore beleive that a connection is not possible with OS X).
I do not have my OS X machine with me here, but I can try to remember exactly how I did it. Please bear with me because this might not be EXACTLY how I did it, but you can play around with the general idea.
This is how I did it (I hope it works for you). Go into system preferences. Go into network. Create a new connecting protocol. You can name it DSL. Select ethernet port. Select PPP. Type in the Verizon server number (it says optional). Mine was 192.168.21.2 Type in the domain name (it says optional). Mine was bellatlantic.net. Go to the dialog part which asks you for your PPP information. Type in your user name and password. Quit out of the system preferences. This should do it. If it doesn't, play around with some of the other settings. You can set it up so that any internet connection needing program will automatically create a connection (which means you do not have to run that annoying Verizon DSL application everytime you want to connect).
I hope this works for you. Just realize that it is possible, it is just a matter of getting the setting right.