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IP: Ricochet Going Dark -- not confirmed Will track (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:06:09 -0400
From: David Farber <>
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Subject: IP: Ricochet Going Dark -- not confirmed Will track

>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Ole J. Jacobsen" <>
>To: David Farber <>
>Subject: For IP: Ricochet Going Dark
>
>
>Found this on www.Go2Mac.com:
>
>"Metricom's Ricochet Network Going Dark
>
>Thu, 02 Aug 2001, 10:40
>
>In one of the biggest tragedies in the technology sector the Ricochet
>wireless network will be going dark before the end of the month according
>to a source. Employees were terminated with no notice and offered one
>week's pay as severance. We will be posting more details soon."
>
>This is indeed sad news, but I am sure users of the service can offer a
>number of suggestions as to why this happened, including the fact that
>once you signed up for service you NEVER heard from the company again.
>They would simply charge your credit card once again. No updates, no
>newsletters, no bills or statements, not even an attempt to sell you
>their updgraded (128k) service.
>
>
>Ole
>
>
>Ole J. Jacobsen
>Editor and Publisher
>The Internet Protocol Journal
>Office of the CTO, Cisco Systems
>Tel: +1 408-527-8972
>GSM: +1 415-370-4628
>E-mail: 
>URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj

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