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Ricochet Modems == Wireless LAN?

Posted by michael on from the silver-lining dept.

dpease writes: "Metricom, purveyor of Ricochet wireless networking, died today. I understand that, sans infrastructure, a Ricochet wireless modem can call another Ricochet modem, and that modem-to-modem range is nearly a mile. Is the hardware this company leaves behind a viable solution for a really cool, really cheap wireless LAN?"

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  1. Re:What about the infrastructure equipment? by GlassUser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, forget that. Just go up and steal them. Take a big white van and wear a hardhat and the cops won't bother you either. :)

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  2. Re:The LAN idea: by Quarters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah! Too bad there isn't some sort of global network tying everyone together. That way people could play games of UT and Q3A with each other without having to move their computers into the same room!

    Wouldn't that be grand?