wget - curl not available by default, so what can my script use instead to GET/POST/PUT?

Question

I am writing a Nautilus script that currently uses curl to GET/POST/PUT to a REST service.

Installing my script should be as simple as dropping a single file to ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
My concern is that many computers do not have curl installed. I need to use a tool that is available nearly everywhere.

What would be a more widespread (should be installed by default on most distros) yet usable alternative to curl? wget does not allow PUT. Maybe telnet?

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