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

Looks like Allen is taking his money and running....
Unfortunately, Metricom never knew how to market the
product.  I have used Ricochet since 1997 and I have loved it.  It always
worked where there was coverage. It was more reliable than ISDN and DSL were
in the beginning.

Unfortunately, ATT is TDMA which is old technology.
The stunted gnomes who guide the destines of wired or wireless companies
have neither imagination or guts.  They live in a fantasy land and have
failed to understand these
new technologies and how they can become market products.  The Fax machine
and the Cell Phone and the laptop computer and the Internet caught on
inspite of the attempts of the gnomes to screw things up.  And it looks like
we will be stuck with the limited products we have until the gnomes figure
out how to collect another $30.00 a month from all of us for the next
generation of crippled technology.

Are we going backward?   Robber barons ride the energy bad lands;  Alaska
pristine wilderness soon to be raped in the name of our right to ride our
SUVs in endless traffic jams forever.  Unwillingness to join the other sane
countries to save the earth from greenhouse gases and global warming.  Am I
on the planet of the Apes?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Allen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: IP: Ricochet Going Dark -- not confirmed Will track (fwd)

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Carol Stein wrote:
>
> > What does that leave in the way of wireless access to Internet
> > with wide coverage (nationally), broadband or not?
>
> ATT started a test run for 100 Kbps GPRS in Seattle a couple of weeks
> ago:
> http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,45344,00.html
>
> The test run involves two companies exclusively and the service so far
> only works with the Motorola Timeport 7382i. The test run is a prelude to
> the nationwide GPRS rollout set for the end of September. At that time, it
> will work on two phones and will be available everywhere ATT TDMA service
> is available now. It will work with laptops and provide them with 100 Kbps
> connectivity.
>
> I got this info from 1-800-888-7600.
>
> I didn't see anything about a flat rate in the Wired article. :(
>
> In other news, 3G asignments are going to be delayed...
> http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,44862,00.html
>
> ...as well as be expensive:
> http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,44468,00.html
>
> -Chris
>
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