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Re: Ricochet update- Auction

I don't know about you all, but I'm going to the auction and bid on the 2.3
GHz license.. who knows.. I've heard of crazier things in my life then
winning a bid for a gigahertz band :-)  I fact, did you know the world
record for highest point of dropping a bowling ball on a person's head is
over 30 ft!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Wang" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Ricochet update- Auction

> From Thomas Edwards
> > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Bryan Hurley wrote:
> > > but Ricochet is auctioning off all its assets on August 16, 2001 10am
in
> > > San Jose...
> >
> > They can do that, but what about the WAP on the light pole at the end of
> > my road?  No one has the cash to go grab all those things, either they
> > have to go to someone to turn back on, or they all just go dead.
>
> I'm sure there's a clause in their contract in each municipality
> (each city) with whom they've purchased the right-of-way that they are
> responsible for their removal.
>
>  From TRAICOVN (NW)
> > It'll be interesting to see what the markets go for. No Reserve auctions
> > are kinda interesting. I've seen 35,000.00 pieces of equipment that were
> > never used go for 750.00...  Heh. Maybe a group should get together and
> > buy the market in their area. If the cost is low enough, then you'll
make
> > money, heh. If it's really low enough you might be able to afford to
give
> > away access incredibly cheap or free. Most likely though a couple of
cell
> > companies will suck up all the markets. drats.
>
> Remember that if you assume responsibility for the hardware, you also
> assume responsibility for their removal should you decide to decomission
> the hardware or go bankrupt yourself.
>
> I doubt that any cell phone service provider will pickup metricom, unless
> it's for the licensed spectrum that they own.  ricochet is proprietary
> hardware on a proprietary network and high cost of operation, since they
> have contracted with each city individually for permission to put the
> modem up on the light pole.
>
> Cell providers on the other hand can just deal with a private party to
> erect a tower with a bunch of antennas on it every few miles.  No need
> to purchase right-of-way on so many light poles.
>
> It's a huge burden, and imho the primary reason that they failed;
> right-of-way is expensive, and negotiating with cities one-by-one is
> prohibitively complicated and time consuming.
>
>    - Kevin
>
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