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Re: Ricochet update- Auction

Question from someone who doesn't have Ricochet:

Did they ever discontinue service to existing customers?
If not, you may already have a customer base if you buy a market. Meaning
that if you get a good enough deal, you already have money coming in.
Remember, you'll probably get a lot better deal than Ricochet had. They
had to liscense and build. Your buying what they can't afford because they
spent to much. It's kind of like an inheritance...

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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Michael Paine wrote:

> 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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