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Re: sprint pcs wireless web access

 From: Alex Pilosov <>
>On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Jeremiah Alfrey wrote:
>> Why not just get a Ricochet or other wireless service?
>> ricochet is 33.6 speeds
>> http://metricom.com
>
>Cause ricochet is only available in Bay Area and maybe one or two
>other cities. They have been promising NYC availability for last 2
>years, and I have lost hope.

Yeah, like most telco's, ricochet is slow.  However, the rollouts
they've been promising were held up by the extended beta period for the
Ricochet2 network.

It's going to be SWEET!

Currently, ricochet has two big strikes against it: 

1- I usualy get ~10% packet loss (terrible on interactive processes
like telnet)

2- average 500-750ms latency. OUCH! 

However, the new network I saw virtually no packet loss and the latency
was down to 150-200ms, about the same as a modem. Tolerable

and yes, the bandwidth goes up by a lot. 128kbit they say, I got double
my existing speed with my old 1st generation modem. according to
netscape, I got ~8kb/sec downloads!

The rollout here in the bay area isn't scheduled until mid-to-late
summer, but I'm not holding my breath.  I expect early fall.

   - Kevin

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