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Re: FreeNet, Freedom, and Ricochet

From: Matthew Crosby <>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:09:57 -0600 (MDT)

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Tom Longson wrote:

> Another thing I'm keeping my eye on is the Ricochet, a really cool
> wireless solution from Metricon
> (http://www.metricom.com/getricochet.htm). They're cheap, already
> avalable in San Francisco, and soon in LA too. Currently they only do
> 28.8 kbps, but that's being upgraded to 128 kbps. I still want a
> satilite modem, but that's going to have to wait a little longer it
> seems. Using the Ricochet in conjunction with an Airport style
> server/client at both my office and home should make my wearable more
> interesting eighty percent of the time.

Since you mention this, I just got my 128k Ricochet modem (they just started
covering Manhattan).  Very happy with it so far, and quite a bit faster
then my phone line.

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