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Metricom's Ricochet Network Will Go Dark
cloudscout writes "According to this blurb at Go2Mac, the end is finally here for Metricom's Ricochet Network. Employees are being given one week severance. Now who is going to fill this vacuum? CDPD just doesn't cut it." -
Ricochet Dead By June?
corky6921 writes "ZDNet is reporting that Metricom, the parent company of the Ricochet wireless network, may be out of cash and dead as soon as June! Forget Omnisky (the other company they mention in the article)" Richochet has always been in that group of really cool technologies that I fully accept will never make it out to where I live. But I hope it makes it. National coverage would be cool to tho ;) -
New Pilot CDPD Modem
Nikean has released the X-1 and the rugged X-1R. The two are CDPD frequency hopping modems with extra powerful antennae. The X-1's main competitor will be Metricom's Ricochet. The two both sell for US$300-400, but the Ricochet has more limited coverage (Nikean allows you to chose a service provider), but works with more than a PalmPilot, (such as a laptop or desktop computer).