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Reviving Ricochet: Better Than WiFi?

Posted by timothy on from the this-would-sure-be-nice dept.

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."

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  1. Um... by c0dedude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, but those reasons look like something more from an irc chat than actual evidence of anything... some posters even include /me on a forum! Allow me to introduce you to this cool pronoun, 'I'. I iz h4x0r 1337, d00d!

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  2. Reviving ricochets... by ekrout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...with Flash!

    (Reply and let us all know your best streak/score!)

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  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by crawdaddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    signal bounces you!

  5. Re:ummm by BitHive · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about we learn to spell before we espouse our cynical ideologies?