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To: Ron Everest who wrote ()	7/18/1997 11:18:00 AM
From: ball peen	of 1848

reid is right. metricom is founded on this concept of wireless ISP. its not cheap. eliminating the cost of a local loop and replacing it with something more expensive is not an answer. the ISP has to install its own base stations and distribute its own wireless modems, all expensive equipment. further, its not even a convincing technology (despite the fact that it works quite well); witness ricochet's 6000 subscribers. the company stock is reflecting their poor market penetration. not to mention that starting an ISP at this late stage is suicidal. thats like trying to get into the PC market now. its a saturated field where hardly anyone is making money. doing it wireless is especially difficult because of the enormous starting cost of installing the infrastructure. this is going to fly as far as the challenger spacecraft... d

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