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To: Doug B. who wrote (32389)	9/5/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 70976

Doug, Does anyone manufacture a combination wireless communication/modem device in a PCMCIA card? I'm sitting here at my laptop, which is networked to my fixed machine at 100 Mb/s by a 50' ethernet cable. This is really wonderful because I can take my laptop anywhere in the house - including the hammock on the back porch or the "reading room." This is really swell, but wouldn't it be great if I could just jam in a card with a 3" antenna sticking out the side and be on the 'net in the middle of nowhere? And why not put a GPS receiver on the same piece of silicon, since we've already incurred the hassle of the antenna? Is this sort of thing still science fiction, or can I buy one for $199.95? $299 plus one time activation fee of $45 plus, well: metricom.com One of their founders (or backers, not sure) is Paul Allen. HOWEVER, NOTE THE LIMITED ACCESS AREAS: The current Ricochet service provides wireless Internet access at up to 28.8 kbps in the greater San Francisco Bay, Seattle, areas within Manhattan, New York City, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas; on corporate campuses; and at select gate areas at twelve major airports throughout the United States. metricom.com Last time I looked, about 3 months ago, access locales were just SF Bay area and Washington DC. Tony

To: Doug B. who wrote (32389)	9/5/1999 1:07:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Doug, I have no idea if this is for you, but check with Proxim proxim.com Gottfried

To: Doug B. who wrote (32389)	9/5/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Doug, I was never much of an Apple fan but I must say I am quite impressed at this: apple.com This will probably be of no use to you since you are in the market for a PCMCIA card, but I thought I would share it anyway since some of Apple's recent products have me doing double-takes. I was never impressed with Apple's in the past, but if I was to buy a laptop right now, I would probably buy an Apple ibook with this added on, though I must confess, I would never give up my desktop PC. BK