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

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

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

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