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To: bak man who wrote (1327)	7/10/1999 5:06:00 AM
From: doormouse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

thanks,,, been there My question is this: I've numerous friends who love their Ricochet (wish we had it here in NY), but it's s-l-o-w. The current system runs at 900 MHz,,, based on packet digipeaters clearly derived from Tucson Amateur Radio Packet Association's AX.25. Considering the bandwidth restraints within that "allocation" (quotes because it's license free, unprotected) how are they going to up it to 128 kbs two way?? The only guess I have is that the high speed service will be stand-alone, possibly taking advantage of MCI's recent purchase of assets in the MMDS 2.4 GHz band. I don't mean to be provocative... or lazy... but could someone on the thread speak a few paragraphs about the technology MCOM will deploy with its $600 million --- and how MCI fits into the picture? thanks, .k