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Reviving Ricochet: Better Than WiFi?

Tech · Technology · 2002-12-10 14:53 · posted by timothy · from the this-would-sure-be-nice dept. · 161 comments

renard writes "Slate is carrying a column by Brendan Koerner arguing that reviving the Ricochet city-wide wireless network infrastructure would be a better idea than blanketing the nation/world with 802.11-ish WiFi. He reviews all the usual silly reasons why Metricom, the original owners, were unable to make a go of it, and makes a good case that things may go better the second time around."