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Ricochet Modems == Wireless LAN?

Posted by michael on Friday August 3, 2001 @02:36PM 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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Re:The LAN idea: by tireg · 2001-08-03 16:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

yeah.. that would be grand..wait.. isn't that the..[pause]
INTERNET?!