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Re: cnn, ibm, etc.

 From: Thomas Edwards <>
>Ricochet claims "The new Ricochet, delivering user speeds of 128 kbps and
>greater, is currently under construction in 21 major markets across the
>US, and right-of-way efforts are underway in an additional 25 markets that
>will ultimately make Ricochet available to over 100 million people."  
>
>Has anyone used the 128kbps Ricochet in San Jose?  I was just about to
>sell my low-speed Ricochet modem, but it looks like you can't buy new
>low-speed service any more.

yeah, imho they're shooting themselves in the foot.  but whatever.

I have not used the new 128k hardware, but I have used the old modems
(original ribbed long cigarette carton modem) on the new network (beta
test) and I was up from 2-3kb/sec downloads to 4-5kb/sec, and others
were reporting higher upto 6kb/sec. 6kB * 8Byte = 48kbit, not bad.  I
did not test upload speed, only download.

Latency was way down, too. from the average 400-700-1000ms, down to 200
or so.  comparable to 14.4 modems, from what I remember.

Packet loss was also 0, compared to the current ~10%.  However, that
may be due to the low # of actual users.  This is a huge improvement
over the current network.

No idea when it's actually going public.  I vaguely remember they said
june/july, but july is here, and ricochet has never had a good
reputation for schedules.  My personal estimation is mid-to-late fall.
The sooner the better.

   - Kevin

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