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Aerie Networks to Reactivate Ricochet Service?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-up-in-the-air dept.

JimDog writes: "Aerie Networks is apparently buying the assets and IP of Metricom's Ricochet service and plans to reactivate it in at least some of the former coverage areas. A more detailed press release in PDF format is available here." There might be some hope for Ricochet addicts after all.

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  1. dotcom econ... by magarity · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Gotta love high tech bubble economics... Develop and deploy wireless network for $1 billion, sell for $8 million. This is almost as good a deal as Iridium!